What happens to a person's pensive after they're gone?

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 143670

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "woman22980" <aenea at v...> wrote:
>
> Hey all!  I was wondering if anyone could point me to some theories 
as 
> to what happens to a person's pensieve after their dead?  What 
happens 
> to Dumbledore's pensieve?  Will Harry inherit it?   
> Also, now that Snape's run out of the castle, does anyone think he 
> left behind _his_ pensieve with anything in it?  

Actually, Snape is not shown with his *own* Pensieve - when Harry 
enters Snape's dungeon to begin his first Occlumency lesson, Harry 
notices that Snape has *Dumbledore's* Pensieve:

"The shadowy room was lined with shelves bearing hundreds of glass jars 
in which slimy bits of animals and plants were suspended in variously 
coloured potions. In one corner stood the cupboard full of ingredients 
that Snape had once accused Harry - not without reason - of robbing. 
Harry's attention was drawn towards the desk, however, where a shallow 
stone basin engraved with runes and symbols lay in a pool of 
candlelight. Harry recognised it at once - it was Dumbledore's 
Pensieve. Wondering what on earth it was doing there, he jumped when 
Snape's cold voice came out of the shadows." (Chap. 24)

Like you, I hope Harry will get access to the Pensieve again - I 
believe that he needs to witness first-hand the night at Godric's 
Hollow when his parents were killed to find out how to destroy 
Voldemort. And we already know that Harry has those memories inside of 
him - the dementors were able to draw them out in PoA.

    - CMC (wondering about an LWW/HP crossover: "The Pevensies 
approached the Pensieve pensively...."