About the collection

A museum of hubris, hype, and expensive bad ideas.

The Repository of Ill-Advised Ventures is a personal collection of objects from moments when somebody, somewhere, should have known better.

The whole thing started around 2015 or 2016, when Theranos began imploding. I went looking for a hoodie and somehow found a centrifuge instead.

Exhibits
33
50+ items
Contact

If you might sell or loan an item to the collection, get in touch at riav@ostro.ws.

Photography

Photos by Nicholas Stennet.

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