Pocket Museum

Your spot is confirmed once payment is received.Registering on Luma alone does not confirm your spot. ✦ ───────────── ✦ 🗂️ WHAT IS THIS SPACE? Pocket Museum is a small, intimate gathering where we bring the ordinary things that hold extraordinary stories. Think of it as a little museum with no glass cases, no velvet ropes and no “important” objects. Just you, your object, and the story it carries. This is a space to slow down, share, listen and discover the meaning tucked inside the things we choose to keep. ✦ ───────────── ✦ 🔎 WHAT IS THIS EVENT ABOUT? We all have things we keep for reasons that may not make sense to anyone else. An old photograph. A school badge. A piece of clothing. A handwritten note. A toy. A receipt. A random little object you simply cannot bring yourself to throw away. At Pocket Museum, you’ll bring one of these objects and give it a moment in the spotlight. Through show-and-tell, curious reflection and a gallery walk, we’ll explore not only what these objects are, but what they hold — memories, people, places, versions of ourselves, feelings and little pieces of our lives. Because sometimes, an object is more than an object. It is evidence that something happened. ✦ ───────────── ✦ 👀 WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT? ✦ A gentle, intimate gathering of 8–10 people✦ A chance to share the story behind an object that matters to you✦ Guided prompts to help you uncover and articulate that story✦ A gallery walk where we witness and leave some words of acknowledgment✦ An opportunity to see your own object through someone else's eyes✦ An archival tagging activity where you’ll give and receive a new layer of meaning based on what was felt, noticed or received✦ A little time to reflect, connect and be curious about the stories we carry No public-speaking expertise required.No perfect story required. Just bring something that means something to you. ✦ ───────────── ✦ 🎒 WHAT IS REQUIRED OF YOU? Bring ONE object. It can be precious, ridiculous, ordinary, sentimental, strange, useful, useless or completely inexplicable to everyone except you. The only requirement is that it has a story you’re willing to share. You’ll also be invited to listen to the stories of others with curiosity and care. There is no pressure to share anything deeply personal. You decide what parts of your story you want to bring into the room. ✦ ───────────── ✦ 🕰️ EVENT FLOW 01 — ARRIVE & SETTLE INGet comfortable, meet the other museum-goers and place your object in the space. 02 — THE STORY BEHIND THE OBJECTUsing a few guided prompts, we’ll take some time to explore what your object holds and prepare it for its moment in the museum. 03 — SHOW & TELLOne by one, we’ll share our objects and the stories behind them. 04 — GALLERY WALKThe objects become our little exhibition. Walk around, look closer, read the stories and spend some time with what others have brought. 05 — ARCHIVAL TAGGINGYou’ll leave a little mark on someone else's museum piece — an archival tag capturing what their story made you feel, think about or receive. 06 — REFLECTION & CLOSEWe’ll come back together, reflect on what we encountered and consider what it means to preserve the things that matter to us. ✦ ───────────── ✦ 🧰 WHAT'S PROVIDED? Materials for the reflective and archival activities, plus light refreshments, will be provided. Your ticket covers the full Pocket Museum experience, including all materials and refreshments. You just need to bring yourself, your object and its story. ✦ ───────────── ✦ 💌 A LITTLE NOTE FROM NATI NOURI We spend so much of our lives trying to make ourselves memorable. But perhaps we already are. In the things we keep.In the stories we tell.In the things other people remember about us. So bring your weird little treasure. Someone might need to hear the story you thought nobody cared about. ✦ ───────────── ✦ 🌿 WHO WE ARE Nati — nature. Nouri — nurture. A space to explore both in the business of humanhood. Nothing Human Is Lost.