memory box

noun

memory box

noun
1

A box containing items that serve as reminders, used for example in therapy for dementia, or as a memorial to a deceased infant.

  • Watch the elderly, even the escapists, as they nurse nostalgia: the wonder as they open memory boxes or old letters or family albums […]2006, F. David Martin, Facing Death: Theme and Variations, page 43:
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