The Dury Museum
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The Dury Museum
Description
"Buttle off and tell Baron Bruno that [...] we're here to view the tapestries." -Indiana Jones "This is a castle and we have many tapestries. But if you are a Scottish Lord then I am MICKEY MOUSE!" -Butler
Dury Museum... in pre-apocalypse Malton, the museum was a bustling little facility, hosting school children, tour groups and the public for a small fee. Guided tours were heard echoing throughout the chambers covered in aging tapestries from the great artists. A section of the museum was dedicated to modern tapestry artists, as well. The Middle Eastern tapestry collection was one of the most extensive in the world until the place was looted during the early days of the Outbreak.
Now a few forlorn tapestries hang in the gallery. Still, the Dury Museum Curator's Society board of directors managed to contact an old employee and convince her to return to work and prepare the museum to receive both living and undead guests.
Currently On Display
There are currently a conceptual painting, a cubist sculpture, a stuffed lion head, two abstract paintings, two European paintings, a dark tapestry, a faded tapestry, a glass globe and two African paintings.
We traveled to Whittenside to personally acquire this spectacular piece of Cubist scuplture from the Phelips Museum. The great artist Jean Brique sculpted this piece with an eye to riveting angles and contrasting faces, completing it in late 2004. He is widely considered to have used Arthur Silverman's works as inspiration for his own. We're delighted to add this to our temporary exhibits section!
This african painting depicting gazelles on the Serengeti being chased by predators was provided by the Currie Museum in Pennville. The artist is presently unknown, but we are researching the details in our extensive archive to determine provenance and certify the work for permanent display. It sits alongside the African Huts at Twilight painting by Cameron Markle, a unique addition to our collection. The stuffed lion head was donated by Markle to accompany his painting.
In gallery two, we have a lovely conceptual painting alongside two abstract works, all by the famed artist Pfard Lowd Lee, the German-Japanese artist renowned for her extensive work and exceptional skill. We're not quite sure what they are, but we know they're excellent just because they were painted by Lee.
This glass globe came from Home Depot's lawn and garden section. It just looked nice beside these two European paintings depicting London lights.
In the final gallery, Edward Fisal's latest tapestry work, a Black Bear in the Black Forest at Night, sits beside his previous work, 'Final Moment: Fade to White'. Edward Fisal is an up-and-coming artist, and we look forward to seeing further displays dropped from military aircraft in the future.
Guest Registry
Please sign the guest registry below at the end of your tour of Dury Museum!
--BLusk 15:26, 23 July 2010 (BST)
--Erica Gait 15:40, 24 July 2010 (BST)
--Thanks for the wonderful tour!
--bob godfrey, 18 March 2011 I shall recommend this fine establishment to all at Rotters Relief. A wonderful collection.
Was a fine tour --Josh Clark 01:29, 17 April 2011 (BST)
History
Barricade Policy
Current Barricade Policy is VSB++ so that visitors without free running can enter.
There are rumors that a group may turn Dury Museum into something similar to the Quartly Library, a truce zone where there are no barricades and survivors and zambahz both can find safe haven. Whether it happens remains to be seen...
Current Status
A wash of zombies cleared the museum, and one tour was managed before the tour guide was killed. Presently ransacked, and all displays destroyed. It is a dark day, a dark day in art. --BLusk 13:31, 28 April 2011 (BST)
