Quarlesbank Museums
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[edit] Quarlesbank Museums
[edit] Barricade Policy
According to the Quarlesbank Optimal Defense Diagram, all three museums in Quarlesbank should be kept at extra heavily barricaded at all times as a safehouse for survivors with the free running skill.
[edit] The Bearnard Museum
| the Bearnard Museum
Quarlesbank [24,0]
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[edit] Description
The Bearnard Museum [24,0] is a Cubist Sculpture Museum located on the northern border of Malton in Quarlesbank.
[edit] History
During the last few decades before the Malton Incident The Bearnard Museum was one of the few buildings built along with the Mall Rush of the late Seventies. At first it was asked to be built to house some of the artifacts from Pitman Mansion, be as time drew on it was then designed to be a distraction until Calvert Mall was fully built, however due to the creativity of some of the buildings in the area (e.g. The Elson Building) the firm 'Ogel' offered to buy the land and continuing building it, but in their unique style.
However, this was something which Lord Pitman was against. This was mainly because he didn't like the idea of a new style of building, replacing the kind which his parents had lived through during their times. Of course, once the media heard of 'Ogel' in Quarlesbank it was very hard for Lord Pitman to refuse the rights to the land.
Finally when it opened in August 1978 (a month after the bill for Calvert Mall was passed) it drew media attention to the area, which was both good for Pitman Mansion and for the surrounding buildings.
Their most famous exhibit was that of a plane made entirely from 'Ogel' - Unfortunately some naive survivors thought the plane could actually fly and now the exhibit can be found firmly lodged in the blood stained pavement outside.
[edit] The Cator Museum
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Quarlesbank [24,7]
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[edit] Description
The Cator Museum is a Tapestry Museum located in South Central Quarlesbank, north-west of Calvert Mall at the coordinates [24,7]. The Cator Museum is also home to the Cator Museum Crew. It's sister museum, the Coymer Musuem, is just one block away to the south-west.
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In 1967 The Cator Museum was finally finished. At the time the Cator museum was the second museum to be built in the suburb (with the Coymer museum preceding it). It's finishing year also co-incided with the finishing date of The Elson Building. Although they were finished in the same year they were never seen as a joint release. At first it was suspected that it wasn't done because the museum was celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Coymer Museum and an event has already been pre-arranged. But some of the residents believed it didn't want Lord Pitman to be involved with the development as he had been for The Elson Building.
Due to this increased culture in the suburb, The Gunningham Motel was built to serve as a halfway house between the various buildings in the suburb. It was also used by many of the contractors around the suburb while updating the buildings towards that part of the suburb.
[edit] The Coymer Museum
| the Coymer Museum
Quarlesbank [23,8]
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[edit] Description
The Coymer Musuem is an African Art Museum at the coordinates [23,8] in the city of Quarlesbank.
[edit] History
Built in 1957 The Coymer Museum was the first museum to be built in the area. It was primarily built as a way of adding some interest to Quarlesbank, by which time had become a more industrial city thanks to the Pitman Family. Although Quarlesbank was suffering from the after effects of the waste which was dumped around the suburb, The Coymer Museum represented a slow but sure re-think to the types of building in the suburb. Because of this Lord Pitman took special interest in the building during his later life where he studied african symbols and art.
These days the remains of the museum are charred and burnt from the purging of the suburb since the initial outbreak. The grand entrance has been ransacked by local survivors for fuel and building materials and now looks more like a disused warehouse apart from the odd untouched exhibit.
Rumours circulated by the residents of the suburb proclaim that it was here that Lord Pitman first began his experiments. It is also said that Lord Pitman formed a book with the curator which held their beliefs and interpretations of the symbols and art.
Finally, to those who are brave enough to stay the night, it is also said that chanting has sometimes been heard coming from within the dark rooms, however to this day, the source has never been discovered. Residents are advised to make up their own mind as to who (or what) is performing the chants, is it ghosts of the past or is there still an evil cult that resides there? Currently, the only clue to the identity of the museum's current residents is graffiti of a dog on the unhinged doors. It is suspected that this graffiti could be from some of Pitman's followers, however as with much of the history surrounding Lord Pitman, it is a mystery and will probably be a mystery for a long time to come.
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