The Squished Penny Museum is officially closed. After 11 years of spreading the joy of squishin' to anyone who would listen, we're closing shop. It's time for us to get back to doing what inspired us to open the museum in the first place: the excitement of traveling to new places, the delight of meeting fellow adventurers, and the thrill of the hunt for copper.

The museum lives on in each of the people who visited us over the years, and its spirit certainly will be with us, the curators, forever. We're grateful for the opportunity we've had to host fellow collectors (and plenty of just plain curious folks) and to meet so many charismatic fans devoted to experiencing the whimsy that life offers. Thank you!

What started out as a little collection on our living room mantle grew to include not just thousands of squished pennies, but thousands of devoted visitors as well. We hope that someone out there—perhaps with just a little collection themselves—will continue the tradition. We were not the first to open a museum devoted to elongateds, and we sure hope we won't be the last. So if you do start one, let us know. We'd love to visit!

Keep on Squishin',

Christine and Pete, the curators

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