THE EXHIBIT   

ORNE LIBRARY | SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

"The Exibit Museum is one of the two original college buildings. It's collection seems to consist largely of trinkets that Orne acquired in his Carribean travels. Nearly two hundred years later, even these can be of interest. By special request in his will, museaum admission is free to all. After a fire in early 1902, theuppper part of the building required restoration and was rebuilt in stone." Atunes, 23.
    Volumes in this part of the Orne Library are under special supervision of the staff and are protected from fire, theft, and human carelessness. Access to the Special Collections area of the Library are under permission of the administrators and all requests of works contained in the special collections must be asked for by specific title of tome or work. Professors always have first call on anything held in the collections.
    Exibits range from dinosaur skeltons to fossil records from early New England. The theme to the Museum is early natural history and may soon be expanding its halls to include depictions and fossils of early man untampered as found in nature.

 
Exhibit Museum Hours:
10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Closed on Holidays

Current Currators

George Grewe.
- age: 68
    A dabbler in antiquities and of high family stature, Grewe provided the main funding for the post fire rebuilding.

Dr. Ferdinand Ashley.
- age: 28
    Not a staff curator but his position in the Ancient History department grants him a place in the Museum.

Caretakers
The Tetlow Family

Lucas Tetlow, Guardian of the Vault
- age: 44
    Tetlow's family has been in charge of the Vault since its birth in Orne's era. The Tetlows are from Dunwich and are known for their pedigree breeding. By tradition, the University only allows a Tetlow to enter into the Vault unless granted permission by the President.

Rhodey, Lucas' faithful german shepherd.
 

 

Things Found In The Museum:
Contemporary Culture
Colonial Folk Art from Early New England
Expedition Photography from the University
 

    
 ©1997 The Developer Brothers

These photos are also available in the Expedition Department.

 

THE VAULT

In the basement of the Museum lies the Vault which holds secret, fragile items that are said to be priceless. In the Vault are items such as old maps to the tunnel system underneath the MU campus. Expedition findings that the University considers to contravercial for public display are placed within the Vault.

The Vault contains items either purchased or donated to MU. Most of these artifacts contain high significance in their relative areas and some are even rumored to hold strange dweomors. There held in the Vault for private display and study.

Example Items In The Vault:

The Statue of Cthulhu

Picture Copyright © by Steve Hickman : Cthulhu - the mythos and kindred horrors
The statue has been created by Bowen Designs.
Map of the Campus
MAP OF THE CAMPUS
Legal Notice
Much of the source for material contained in this site is from the MISKATONIC UNIVERSITY GUIDEBOOK by Sandy Antunes for Chaosium Publishing.
A link for Chaosium is under the Resources section and under the BOOKSTORE location in the faculty section of the University.