Welcome to the Strange Collectables Archive.
If this is your first visit, I would suggest beginning with the journals. They tell the story of the Archive itself. The discoveries, investigations, recoveries, mistakes, mysteries, and quiet moments that have accumulated over many years. While the Archive contains countless records, artifacts, and curiosities, the journals are often the easiest place to begin understanding how they all fit together. Once you have spent some time there, I invite you to explore the Archive proper.
The archive records contain the details behind each artifact, specimen, relic, and curiosity preserved within these halls. You will find recovered histories, folklore, scientific observations, sketches, containment notes, and fragments of knowledge gathered from many different places and times. Some stories agree with one another. Others do not. Preservation rarely concerns itself with certainty. The purpose of the Archive has never been to explain everything. Only to ensure that nothing important is lost.
Not everything you encounter here is available for acquisition. Many artifacts remain restricted, dangerous, unfinished, under observation, or simply belong where they currently reside. Preservation is not ownership, and some things are entrusted to the Archive for reasons that should not be disturbed. Those objects that are ready to leave the Archive may be found within the Keepers section. Becoming a Keeper is not the same as purchasing an artifact. It is an agreement of care. Every artifact carries a history, and occasionally a responsibility. Before submitting an acquisition request, I strongly recommend taking the time to understand the object's story and deciding whether you are truly the right home for it.
You will also find a collection of archive supplies, journals, reference materials, artwork, prints, and reproductions inspired by the Archive's investigations. These are considerably easier to care for and significantly less likely to generate unexpected paperwork. Take your time. Read the stories. Explore the records. Follow whatever paths capture your curiosity.
The Archive has existed for a very long time.
It is not in any hurry.
— M
