The Guinness World Record Count

began at 11 a.m. on July 7th, 2012. After 5 years of applying to Guinness to be permitted to even TRY for a world record, Nancy 3. Hoffman finally succeeded in having them create a new category for umbrella sleeves. The official count came in at 730 covers! Today, however, the museum has received over 2,000 covers from 71 countries.