The Department of Digestive Security Training Reel
The Department of Digestive Security's 1943 training reel, declassified yet held unprojected by the order printed on its own leader, catalogued in full.
The Archive
Objects of the digestive past, catalogued and conserved.
The Declassified Files
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The 1942 Methane Balloon Trials
The 1942 methane balloon trials survive as a decaying nitrate reel the Museum has never projected, catalogued with its shot log and its condition.
Operation Porcelain Thunder
Operation Porcelain Thunder's 1944 dossier, declassified with twenty-two of its forty-six pages still withheld, catalogued with its provenance and condition.
The Complete File
A Canceled Methane Bond
A municipal methane bond issued in 1934 to expand the Municipal Fart Grid and canceled in 1946, catalogued with its uncut coupons and its cancellation.
A 1943 Household Flush-Ration Card
A 1943 household flush-ration card, four of its thirteen weekly coupons spent and nine still attached, catalogued with its provenance and its condition.
A Key Labeled "Do Not Use After Midnight"
A brass key tagged only DO NOT USE AFTER MIDNIGHT, accessioned with no lock and no explanation, which the Museum observes regardless of the absence.
Artifact 001: The Ceremonial Plunger
The gilt presentation plunger struck to open the first Municipal Fart Grid interconnect in 1931, catalogued with its provenance, condition, and the terms under which it may be shown.
Artifact 027: The First Smart Toilet That Became Self-Aware
The decommissioned Unit 27, its final printed statement, and the conservators' standing order that the case remain sealed and unpowered.
Artifact 061: The Last Roll From the Panic of 2020
A single-ply roll acquired at the height of the 2020 shortage, its chain-of-custody ledger, and the conservation problem of an object whose meaning is that it was never used.
Artifact 083: Manual for the Model T-urd Generator
The sole surviving owner's manual for the first mass-market household generator, its unknown owner's marginalia intact, published here by the Museum without endorsement.