According to Lin Shih-yin, every single exhibit in the museum comes from Lin Wen-jen's private collection, but the museum runs comfortably in the black, a measure of just how popular it is with the local community. The museum takes great pride in this fact, because no other private museum in Taiwan generates enough revenue to meet its own expenses.
林詩茵說，館藏所有作品都是林文仁的收藏，但他們比較引以為豪的是，國內私人博物館通常都經營困難，但袖珍博物館因深受民眾喜愛，是國內少數幾家營運可以自給自足的私人博物館。