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''"Everyone has heard of the Museum of Mistakes. Hardly anyone has been inside it."''
''"Everyone has heard of the Museum of Mistakes. Hardly anyone has been inside it."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Museum_of_Mistakes|The Museum of Mistakes|Fallen London|}}</ref>


[[File:Museummistakes.png|thumb|(art from SS)]]"The Museum of Mistakes; a dusty old institution on [[Ladybones Road]] run by the Ministry of Public Decency, and a damnable pain to actually get into. It holds all sorts of ancient things, reminders of old indiscretions and errors. Whether they’re actually genuine or not is another question entirely. 
[[File:Museummistakes.png|thumb|(art from SS)]]The Museum of Mistakes; a dusty old institution on [[Ladybones Road]]<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Affair_of_the_Impatient_Apprentice|The Affair of the Impatient Apprentice|Fallen London|}}’The entrance lies behind a gate of amber on Ladybones Road.’</ref> run by the Ministry of Public Decency,<ref name=":0">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Prepare_your_Theft_from_the_Museum_of_Mistakes!|Prepare your Theft from the Museum of Mistakes!|Fallen London|}}</ref> and a damnable pain to actually get into. It holds all sorts of ancient things, reminders of old indiscretions and errors.<ref name=":0" /> The item contained whithin can defy belief.


The Museum has seventy-seven doors, but not all of them are real; some are just painted onto the wall, others hold traps designed to give any intruder a really miserable day. Perhaps it’d be best just to get in legitimately… but that might be an even riskier prospect than breaking and entering, given how treacherous the bureaucratic labyrinth that is the official entry process tends to be. Secretaries have been known to get lost somewhere inside it. 
== Records of Failures ==
The Museum has seventy-seven doors, but not all of them are real; some are just painted onto the wall, others hold traps designed to give any intruder a really miserable day.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Reconnoitre|Reconnoitre|Fallen London|}}</ref> Perhaps it’d be best just to get in legitimately… but that might be an even more difficult task, given the bureaucratic labyrinth<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Affair_of_the_Impatient_Apprentice|The Affair of the Impatient Apprentice|Fallen London|}}’The Ministry uses every weapon in its formidable battery of paperwork to dissuade visitors to the Museum.’</ref> that is the nine stage application process.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Affair_of_the_Impatient_Apprentice|The Affair of the Impatient Apprentice|Fallen London|}}’There is a nine-stage application process. You're probably going to need more ink.’</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Use_your_contacts_to_prepare_the_ground|Use your contacts to prepare the ground|Fallen London|}}</ref>


If you actually did manage to get in, here are some of the sights you might see; a corroded brass microscope smelling faintly of ammonia, old musket-balls, jade carvings, a half-eaten fig, a three thousand year old bit of black sailcloth, First City Coins, [[Polythreme|Polythremian]] knives, diamonds, a stuffed two-headed bat, two locks of hair; one amber, one dark. Maybe you’ll even get into the Dadd Wing, if you remembered to fill out the entirely different application form for another ticket entirely. No, probably not, then."
If one did manage to get in, here are some of the sights you might see;  


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* A corroded brass microscope smelling faintly of ammonia<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets|Sidebar Snippets|Fallen London|}}’Snow in the Neath?’</ref>
* Old musket-balls<ref name=":1">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Steal_the_coins!|Steal the coins!|Fallen London|}}</ref>
* Jade carvings<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Attend_with_pleasure|Attend with pleasure|Fallen London|}}</ref>
* A half-eaten fig<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Find_a_way_in|Find a way in|Fallen London|}}</ref>
* A three thousand year old bit of black sailcloth,<ref name=":1" /> labelled 'Achaean, c 1200BC'<ref name=":2" />
* First City Coins<ref name=":1" />
* Diamonds<ref name=":1" />
* A stuffed two-headed bat<ref name=":2" />
* Two locks of hair; one amber, one dark.<ref name=":2" />
 
There is also the Dadd wing, which contain the museum collection of human remains.<ref>{{Citation|https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Visit_the_Museum_of_Mistakes|iki/Visit the Museum of Mistakes|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Affair_of_the_Impatient_Apprentice|The Affair of the Impatient Apprentice|Fallen London|}}’The Dadd Wing houses the Museum's collection of human remains.’</ref> It require a separate ticket to enter.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Affair_of_the_Impatient_Apprentice|The Affair of the Impatient Apprentice|Fallen London|}}’ADMITTANCE to the DADD WING ONLY, it says, in tiny print. And on the back: Not valid for other wings. Entry at bearer's own risk.’</ref> This part of the museum contain glass cases, sarcophages,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Affair_of_the_Impatient_Apprentice|The Affair of the Impatient Apprentice|Fallen London|}}’ Its gallery is crammed – on both ground floor and mezzanine – with sarcophagi, dusty glass cases, and tables of jumbled exhibits.’</ref> the skin of of human faces,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_around_6|Ask around 6|Fallen London|}}</ref> part of a skull<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Affair_of_the_Impatient_Apprentice|The Affair of the Impatient Apprentice|Fallen London|}}’It is a round curve of thin bone. You examine the label: Calvarium. Canterbury, 1170.’</ref> and its oldest exibit,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Affair_of_the_Impatient_Apprentice|The Affair of the Impatient Apprentice|Fallen London|}}’"Its oldest exhibit is a collection of statuettes and jars."’</ref> a collection of Ushabi and Canopic jar given by one Troubled Painter.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Affair_of_the_Impatient_Apprentice|The Affair of the Impatient Apprentice|Fallen London|}}’Their plaque is less gnomic than most. Ushabtiu & canopic jars. Nile valley. It names the donor as a certain Troubled Painter.’</ref> This mysterious painter lives in the [[The Royal Bethlehem Hotel]] and his name might start with an R.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Affair_of_the_Impatient_Apprentice|The Affair of the Impatient Apprentice|Fallen London|}}’Eventually, you find a copy of the Museum's correspondence with the Troubled Painter, misfiled under 'R'. You note his address: a suite at the Royal Bethlehem Hotel.’</ref> (Perhaps he his titular Richard Dadd...)<ref>{{Citation|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dadd|Richard_Dadd|Wikipedia|}}</ref>
 
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"Everyone has heard of the Museum of Mistakes. Hardly anyone has been inside it."[1]

(art from SS)

The Museum of Mistakes; a dusty old institution on Ladybones Road[2] run by the Ministry of Public Decency,[3] and a damnable pain to actually get into. It holds all sorts of ancient things, reminders of old indiscretions and errors.[3] The item contained whithin can defy belief.

Records of Failures

The Museum has seventy-seven doors, but not all of them are real; some are just painted onto the wall, others hold traps designed to give any intruder a really miserable day.[4] Perhaps it’d be best just to get in legitimately… but that might be an even more difficult task, given the bureaucratic labyrinth[5] that is the nine stage application process.[6][7]

If one did manage to get in, here are some of the sights you might see;

  • A corroded brass microscope smelling faintly of ammonia[8]
  • Old musket-balls[9]
  • Jade carvings[10]
  • A half-eaten fig[9][11]
  • A three thousand year old bit of black sailcloth,[9] labelled 'Achaean, c 1200BC'[11]
  • First City Coins[9]
  • Diamonds[9]
  • A stuffed two-headed bat[11]
  • Two locks of hair; one amber, one dark.[11]

There is also the Dadd wing, which contain the museum collection of human remains.[12][13] It require a separate ticket to enter.[14] This part of the museum contain glass cases, sarcophages,[15] the skin of of human faces,[16] part of a skull[17] and its oldest exibit,[18] a collection of Ushabi and Canopic jar given by one Troubled Painter.[19] This mysterious painter lives in the The Royal Bethlehem Hotel and his name might start with an R.[20] (Perhaps he his titular Richard Dadd...)[21]

References

  1. ↑ The Museum of Mistakes, Fallen London
  2. ↑ The Affair of the Impatient Apprentice, Fallen London ’The entrance lies behind a gate of amber on Ladybones Road.’
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Prepare your Theft from the Museum of Mistakes!, Fallen London
  4. ↑ Reconnoitre, Fallen London
  5. ↑ The Affair of the Impatient Apprentice, Fallen London ’The Ministry uses every weapon in its formidable battery of paperwork to dissuade visitors to the Museum.’
  6. ↑ The Affair of the Impatient Apprentice, Fallen London ’There is a nine-stage application process. You're probably going to need more ink.’
  7. ↑ Use your contacts to prepare the ground, Fallen London
  8. ↑ Sidebar Snippets, Fallen London ’Snow in the Neath?’
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Steal the coins!, Fallen London
  10. ↑ Attend with pleasure, Fallen London
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Find a way in, Fallen London
  12. ↑ iki/Visit the Museum of Mistakes, Fallen London
  13. ↑ The Affair of the Impatient Apprentice, Fallen London ’The Dadd Wing houses the Museum's collection of human remains.’
  14. ↑ The Affair of the Impatient Apprentice, Fallen London ’ADMITTANCE to the DADD WING ONLY, it says, in tiny print. And on the back: Not valid for other wings. Entry at bearer's own risk.’
  15. ↑ The Affair of the Impatient Apprentice, Fallen London ’ Its gallery is crammed – on both ground floor and mezzanine – with sarcophagi, dusty glass cases, and tables of jumbled exhibits.’
  16. ↑ Ask around 6, Fallen London
  17. ↑ The Affair of the Impatient Apprentice, Fallen London ’It is a round curve of thin bone. You examine the label: Calvarium. Canterbury, 1170.’
  18. ↑ The Affair of the Impatient Apprentice, Fallen London ’"Its oldest exhibit is a collection of statuettes and jars."’
  19. ↑ The Affair of the Impatient Apprentice, Fallen London ’Their plaque is less gnomic than most. Ushabtiu & canopic jars. Nile valley. It names the donor as a certain Troubled Painter.’
  20. ↑ The Affair of the Impatient Apprentice, Fallen London ’Eventually, you find a copy of the Museum's correspondence with the Troubled Painter, misfiled under 'R'. You note his address: a suite at the Royal Bethlehem Hotel.’
  21. ↑ Richard_Dadd, Wikipedia
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