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A world worth looking into.

Iris Cockatoo is a preservationist, explorer, patron of expeditions, and Director of the Institute for Recovery of Irreplaceable Specimens.

The public archive gathers photographs, objects, documents and stories from a fictional 1930s adventure-mystery universe.

Begin with an object in the study, or browse the archive by category, record type, place or person. Each record offers a way into the story. You can start exploring without knowing the whole history.