The founding collection · submissions open
Photograph the object. Tell us what happened. The Leaving Room turns the emotional evidence of former relationships into thoughtful, anonymous exhibits—without turning pain into spectacle.
Anonymous by default. Public only with permission. Real names and identifying details are never published without explicit consent.
Object record
Exhibit 0001
Accession note
Kept longer than the relationship.
Our promise
You choose whether an exhibit may appear publicly. A private commissioned exhibit stays private.
We remove real names, identifying details, private messages, faces, and unverified accusations from public stories.
Every story is edited with compassion, restraint, and enough dark humor to let the object breathe.
How it works
Keys, receipts, rings, playlists, letters, and the deeply ordinary things that somehow became impossible to throw away.
Step 01 · Submit
Upload one clear photograph and write the story in your own words. Tell us what it is, how long you kept it, and whether you still speak to the person connected to it.
“She kept this motel key for eleven years.”
Example exhibit opening
Step 02 · Choose
Select complete anonymity and control publication separately. Submitting an object never automatically grants permission to share it.
Step 03 · Receive
Paid exhibits are shaped into polished museum text or narrated video. You receive a confirmation, then a note when your exhibit is ready.
The exhibit desk
Submit freely, commission a permanent digital record, or turn the story into something you can share. No subscription and no hidden fees.
Send a photograph and short story for consideration in the anonymous founding collection.
Publication is always optional and requires your consent.
Free
Select exhibitA professionally written museum label with an exhibit number, title, object description, and story.
Includes a downloadable Released From Evidence certificate.
Your story becomes a polished anonymous short video with narration, captions, music, and museum presentation.
Made for keeping privately or sharing with permission.
A tactile ritual with a story card, numbered museum tag, return envelope, certificate, and instructions.
Choose whether to release the object or preserve it differently.
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Call for the founding collection
Maybe it is still in a drawer. Maybe it has moved houses with you three times. Give the object a label—and give the story somewhere else to live.