Every mechanism the museum documents remains, within its walls, in operation.
The Museum of Microtransactions is a permanent exhibition of the means by which access, attention, and advantage have been made to carry a price. It presents them in the only manner it considers honest — by example. Admission is free. Study is rationed. The reading of certain placards is reserved.
The Horse Armor
The Type Specimen · Cosmetics
The specimen from which the entire discipline descends.
Offered in 2006 for two dollars and fifty cents, it conferred no advantage and was met with derision. The museum regards it as the object from which the entire discipline descends.
Examine the specimen →The Departments
- The Standing PlateThe permanent collection, catalogued and graded specimen by specimen.
- The Principal BenefactorsThose whose contribution sustains the museum, recorded in the order it permits. Free to view.
- The Gift ShopDoubloons, amenities, and the instruments of contribution.
- The Collector's BoardYour holdings, recorded in the finish each specimen was drawn.
- The Curator's OfficeReserved to Patrons of the Arts.
- The Fine PrintThe terms, and the genuine policy that governs them.