Over the past week donations have continued to flood in to the Museum of Miniature Found Objects. However, the MMFO regrets to announce a small number of these have proved to be forgeries. The museum maintains the integrity of its collection through strict adherence to the International Museum Standard: Authentication and Fraud Prevention (ISO 18462: 2015). The Anti-Forgery Auto Compactor (AFAC) is the means by which the museum ensures forgeries are removed permanently from circulation, and there will be a demonstration of the AFAC (illustrated above) in the museum foyer on Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock.

The Museum of Miniature Found Objects has been delighted by the considerable response from the public to the museum's recent advice on submitting found items. From Azerbaijan, to Karachi, Nairobi, Guatemala and beyond, items have been arriving daily at the submissions desk. Additional team members have been drafted in to assist with the items' accessioning, ensuring they are duly catalogued, vacuum packed (to ensure no deterioration takes place once in storage), and moved to the safekeeping of the museum store. The Museum of Miniature Found Objects is proud that this is truly an international collection of found objects.

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Found objects:
= green plastic star: 2.43pm, Saturday 24 September 2016, Millennium Bridge, London;
= multi-coloured ball: 9.31am, Thursday 20 October 2011, Manor House Underground Station, north London;
= plastic hands (2): 9.09am, Tuesday 31 May 2016, Fairholt Road, north London;
= red hearts: 5.49pm, Thursday 21 February 2013, Swan Yard, north London;
= yellow and red bauble: 4.36pm, Monday 28 May 2018, Pentewen Beach, Cornwall.

The Submissions Committee at the Museum of Miniature Found Objects welcomes objects from all corners of the globe. If you have an item you think would be of interest to the museum, please send an image to the Museum Submissions Committee (contact the Museum Gift Shop for details).

The museum's entry requirements are very simple, and are as follows:
(i)   The item's size must measure no larger than 50mm by 50mm by 50mm.
(ii)  It has been found by chance.
(iii) It has been found in an environment outside the home.
(iv) It is man-made and is of a durable material.
(v)  On finding the object, the time, place and date of finding are recorded.

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Found objects:

= brown paper boxes (2): 2.29pm, Monday 15 July 2011, Highbury Fields, north London;
= dice: 11.43am, Saturday 14 July 2013, Old Street, London;
= glass faceted gem shapes (2): 11.49, Thursday 2 June 2016, Bouverie Road, north London;
= glass flowers (2): 9.32am, Monday 12 December 2016, Highbury Station Road, north London;
= glass star: 1.10pm, Saturday 12 November 2011, Denton's Green Lane, St Helens, Merseyside;
= gold baubles (2): 1.57pm, Thursday 15 December 2012, Colvestone Crescent, east London;
= golden plastic bow: 4.59pm, Wednesday 27 July 2016, Kayami Avenue, north London;
= green bauble: 12.58pm, Monday 1 August 2016, Stable Street, King's Cross, London;
= green wooden tree: 11.38am, Thursday 10 March 2016, Fairholt Road, north London;
= Lego bricks (large and small): 3.26pm, Thursday 11 August 2011, Dunmore Road, north London;
= metal square: 5.38pm, Saturday 11 August 2018; Fairholt Road, north London;
= orange and purple bricks (2): 10.23am, Friday 6 July  2012, Tufnell Park Road, north London.

The Museum of Miniature Found Objects is embarking on an adventurous programme of school holiday activities this month, for youngsters aged 3 to 15. 'Curating for the Under-10s' will begin with a look at how to build a museum collection and a brand simultaneously.* And an exciting new venture this year is the revolving display in the foyer, put together over the course of the season by our young attendees. On display currently is 'Museums: A Death Machine?' by Raoul Gadge (aged 9).

*Early bird discount still available!

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Found object:

= red ball: 10.39am, Friday 21 October 2017, Platform 15, Victoria Station, London (appears green in the photograph).