London artist Stephen Wright has turned his East Dulwich house into a museum of 10,000 discarded objects, a project that began in 1998 after he saw a television programme about outsider art environments.
Wright began piling up broken dolls, glassware, and personal mementos on walls and ceilings, turning the space into a living diary of his travels, relationships, and losses.
The collection includes a black purse once owned by his mother, a battered lion figurine dug up in Shavington, and a ruined doll that survived a car crash in Prague; each piece carries a story that Wright stitches into the décor.
After the deaths of his partner Donald Jones and both parents, Wright paused briefly but returned to the work, using the museum as a therapeutic outlet and a tangible record of grief.
The house will open to the public next month; a guided tour will run on June 15, allowing visitors to experience the artist’s life‑long archive firsthand.