I used to collect globes, now I just store them on high shelves and stare at an apartment full of them. So this event for and about collectors of interesting things caught my eye.

On Monday, Oct. 11th, which happens to be Columbus Day, the City Reliquary, a not-for-profit community museum and civic organization located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, will present “Collectors’ Night” a celebration of eccentric collections, accompanied by the collectors themselves.

Through permanent display of New York City artifacts, the City Reliquary presents rotating exhibits of community collections, and annual cultural events like this one.

Up to two-dozen collectors from all over the city will display their personal collections; everything from an archive of newsstand paperweights to art museum dust to odd coin purses to souvenirs bearing the collector’s name.

But get this: you too can have your collection on display! Bring in your collection (anything goes) in a jar and display it at the bar! There will also be a Collector’s Cocktail available one night only!

Click on read more to read more about the evening’s highlights:

The following collectors will be featured from 7-9pm:

KELLY ANDERSON presenting the New York debut of her documentary “Never Enough.” Do we own our things or do they own us? “Never Enough” probes our relationship with the material world through three Americans’ relationships with their stuff, including: a woman who has 700 sweaters, a marine with 7,800 beanie baby dolls, and a Home Shopping Network addict whose purchases have made his apartment unlivable.

http://www.neverenoughdocumentary.com

HARLEY SPILLER a.k.a. INSPECTOR COLLECTOR who will detail “On Newsstands Now,” an exploration of the material culture of newsstand paperweights. This distinctly New York presentation will carry much interest to anyone invested in advertising, business, graphic arts, history, industrial design, and journalism.

http://www.inspectorcollector.com/

SEAN MILLER, Director of the John Erickson Museum of Art, (JEMA) www.jema.us, a location variable museum, will exhibit and discuss “Art Museum Dust Acquisitions: Points of Access and Departure” offering a rare behind-the-scenes look into the give-and-take world of art museum dust collecting.

LULU LOLO will host as the “City Reliquary NewsBoy,” proclaiming headlines of the mind boggling world of compulsive collectors.  LuLu will also perform excerpts from her one-person play OBITS, portraying such eccentric collectors as Elizabeth Tashjian, founder of The Nut Museum, and Hugh Hicks, the prodigious collector of light bulbs. www.lululolo.com

The City Reliquary Museum’s Collectors’ Night
Monday, Oct. 11, 2010 (Columbus Day)
Knitting Factory http://bk.knittingfactory.com/
361 Metropolitan Avenue (across the street from The City Reliquary Museum)
Brooklyn, NY 11211