And so a chapter has ended, as the Museum of Miniature Found Objects closed its doors for the last time on Saturday afternoon. As Professor Tang Wen boarded his flight to Shanghai, he said, "We at the Shanghai Museum of the Inconsequential have pledged to care for and nurture the spirit of the Museum of Miniature Found Objects, and here in my holdall I'm delighted to be carrying the MMFO's very precious collection. The first chapter began on Beastly Way in 1759, and the next chapter will see it develop in Shanghai, into the twenty-first century and beyond!"

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Found objects:

= fabric flowers: 1.42pm, Thursday 12 September 2013, Bold Street, central Liverpool;

= roll of plastic bags: 8.29pm, Thursday 13 September 2018, Stroud Cemetery, Bisley Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire.

The Museum of Miniature Found Objects would like to apologise for the cancellation of the Hythe-Gommerly lecture on Wednesday 14 October, and regrets any inconvenience this may have caused. The cancellation was due to an unfortunate incident with two trays of iced buns. Mrs Beryl van Buren (Keeper of Collections) is reported to be recovering well at Guy's Hospital.

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Found objects:

= amber cabochon: 7.49am, Friday 8 March 2019, King’s Boulevard, King’s Cross, central London;

= large filigree teardrop earring: 5.57pm, Monday 25 August 2012, Broad Lane, Seven Sisters, north London;

= metal clasps: 4.41pm, Tuesday 14 December 2010, Highbury Fields, Islington, north London;

= metal earring with raised pattern: 1.07pm, Sunday 10 February 2013, Clarence Road, Hackney, east London;

= metal feathers: 3.12pm, Monday 4 February 2019, Drayton Street, Adelaide, Australia;

= silver metal ears:11.20am, Tuesday 25 September 2018, Alao Adegboyega Street, Lagos, Nigeria;

= square metal studs: 9.56am, Friday 4 November 2011, Holloway Road, Archway, north London.

On Wednesday the Museum of Miniature Found Objects welcomed Professor Tang Wen, Director of the Shanghai Museum of the Inconsequential. Mrs van Buren (Keeper of Collections) was delighted to give him a personally guided tour of the museum and its extensive archives. Professor Tang declared himself overjoyed at the variety and richness of the items on display, and full of admiration for the depth of intellectual scholarship evidenced in both the collection and its cataloguing. Of Poupette's Last Thoughts, he had this to say, "A profoundly moving experience, and I congratulate the museum on its enthusiastic embrace of advanced technologies that allow us to explore new realms. Without the Museum of Miniature Found Objects, the world would be a poorer place!"

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Found object:

= Snoopy toy: 3.51pm, Thursday 24 September 2020, Shaftesbury Avenue, central London.

The Museum of Miniature Found Objects strongly advises visitors who suffer from claustrophobia to avoid entering the new installation, Poupette's Last Thoughts, in the Winston Masala Galleries. On Saturday morning, due to an unfortunate incident inside the work, emergency services had to be called to the scene. This required the second floor of the main building to be shut for a number of hours while a member of the public was safely extracted from the artwork. E. Edge Builders will now carry out a number of repairs before Poupette's Last Thoughts reopens to the public on Friday.

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Found objects:
= cat ice cream keyring: 4pm, Monday 18 March 2019, Splatt Bridge, Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, Gloucestershire.

In a surprise move that has sent shock waves through London's museum quarter, the Shanghai Museum of the Inconsequential launched an aggressive takeover bid on Monday afternoon for the Museum of Miniature Found Objects' entire collection. After a lengthy meeting, the Board of Trustees felt they were left with no option but to accept the offer. In a statement released by the Board, MMFO Trustees said, "We see the Shanghai Museum of the Inconsequential as the perfect recipient for this collection."

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Found objects:

= fragment of Shetland pot: 2.59pm, Monday 2 April 2018, Camb, Yell, Shetland; 

= red fabric flower petals: 4.21pm, Sunday 13 January 2019, Fort Canning Park, River Valley Road, Singapore.

The Museum of Miniature Found Objects would like to remind visitors of the forthcoming Hythe-Gommerly lecture, 'Auto Cataloguing: Critical Tipping Points'. Mrs Beryl van Buren, Keeper of Collections, will be delivering this inaugural lecture in the DigiLab at 1.10pm on Wednesday 14 October. Mrs van Buren has a long-standing interest in collection management systems, having worked closely with the Museum of Sporting Impedimenta in Honolulu over many years. It is anticipated the talk will be popular and visitors are advised to arrive in good time, in order to be sure of getting a seat.

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Found objects:
= gold stars: 9.06am, Thursday 26 January 2016, Gare d'Orléans, France.

At a gala dinner yesterday evening at the Rivoli Rooftop Bistro, there were gasps of delighted surprise when the winning entry for the Poupette Memorial was unveiled. In a surprise last-minute entry, E. Edge Builders swept the floor with their ground-breaking and playful design. The sculpture is not of Poupette, but rather, the olive that brought about her untimely end. Seated inside the large-scale olive, named Poupette's Last Thoughts, visitors experience the soundscape of her mind in her final moments. When asked about this new direction in their work, E. Edge Builders responded, "We refuse to be pigeonholed!"

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Found objects:
= Miffy: 4.36pm, Friday 23 August 2019, Broad Avenue, Cirencester;
= metal badge: 1.32pm, Friday 21 September 2012, Martello Street, Hackney, London.