For much of the ancient world, the significance of the Brush was understood.
The oldest misunderstanding in human history
The Toilet Brushis older thanthe toilet.
For thousands of years, the Brush was revered as an object of purification. Then humanity forgot.
The International Toilet Brush Institute is dedicated to the study, protection and restoration of one of civilization's most misunderstood objects.
Discover the truthThe collapse of memory
The Long Forgetting
Following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, records were lost and sanctuaries abandoned.
Ancient traditions fragmented. Over the centuries, the original meaning of the Brush faded from human memory.
By the modern age, mankind still remembered its form — but no longer its purpose.
Humanity did not invent the Brush.
Humanity invented the toilet.
And then made a terrible assumption.
THE MODERN MISSION
The Restoration
The ITBI is rebuilding what history erased.
Research, preservation and constitutional recognition now join a single international effort. Registration does not create Brushhood. It records what has always been true.
The Institute merely recognizes what the Brush has always been.
Register a Brush
Learn how future recognition will record a Brush and its one recognized Custodian.
Register now
Establish Republican Territory
Designate your toilet as recognized Territory of the Transnational Republic of the Toilet Brush.
Apply for recognition
Selected departments and dispatches
Permanent collection
The Hall of Fame
The Institute’s developing record of Distinguished Brushes, Honorary Fellows and service to the Restoration.
Enter the hallConstitutional office
The Distributed Territory
A republic that is territorial but not contiguous. Wherever the Brush resides, territory may follow.
Study the RepublicArchival office
The History of the Brush
From primordial presence to industrial rediscovery and the Restoration, the Institute preserves the long record of humanity’s encounters with the Immutable Form.
Consult the history
Institute bulletin
News from the archive
Research notices, restoration reports and formal communications from the ITBI.
Read the dispatches