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Welcome to the Pern Museum - Please click on your choice |
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| Colonists Exhibition | Space Exhibition | ||
| Pernese Flora | Pernese Architecture | Dragonlore Exhibition | |
| Fire Lizard Exhibition | Holds and their People | Food & Drink | |
| Maps and Charts | The Pern Charter | under construction | under construction |
| PMA Library | Pern Encyclopedia | McCaffrey Exhibition | |
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A wealth of information about Pern is available at your fingertips in the Pern Museum, one of the two main branches of the Pern Museum and Archives. You can use any of the links above to visit one of the many permanent exhibitions of the Pern Museum and Archives. If you first want to read more about the various exhibition rooms you can scroll down for some further information. There is a message board for temporary, special exhibitions below this message frame. |
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Sorry, the Pern Museum has not opened its doors yet... Feel free to browse this page, |
The Museum Shop is not open yet Thanks for your patience |
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| Art Gallery | In
the Art Gallery you will find separate sections dedicated to Hold related
art, Craft related art, Dragon and Weyr art, Pernese landscapes, Pernese
Flora, Pernese fauna and People of Pern. Please keep in mind that all art, shown in the Art Gallery, and on the other pages too, only represents how Elrhan (aka Hans van der Boom, this site's webmaster), the curator of the Pern Museum and Archives, perceives that Pern, its inhabitants and products etc. could look like. |
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| History Exhibition The tale of the heroic and the despicable |
Through
the Passes and Intervals. Read and see more about the history of our
beloved Pern. If you are interested in history the Pern Bloodlines and
many parts of the Pern Encyclopedia will be of great interest to you,
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| Colonist Exhibition Beyond worlds, beyond generations |
Such
an important group of people that they needed their own exhibition room.
Discover more about Terran backgrounds, famous colonists, the state Terra was in
when the Pern Colonists left and about the political and administrative
struggle that took place before they could fulfill their dream. |
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| Space Exhibition Where no colonist has ever gone before... |
Naturally
the Pernese corner of the vast universe needed its own exhibition, too,
especially after the publication of The Skies of Pern. The
history and the future of the Pernese is linked unmistakably to space! |
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| Pernese Flora From numbweed to tubers |
Both
originated from Terra, often modified, and indigenous flora features in
this exhibition. There are also displays on (medicinal) uses of some of
the Pernese plants. |
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| Pernese Fauna All except dragons |
From
plague feline to spit dog and from trundle bug to webcrawlers. In this
room you can explore the vast variety of Pernese fauna which is, of
course, partly of Terran origin. |
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| Pernese Architecture Building for centuries |
After
the first centuries the colonists had to revert completely to native
building material. That, and the menace that Thread posed put their
distinctive mark on Pernese architecture, most present in the Holds.
Something as insignificant as a grub, that protects the land from
Thread, turned out to have a heavy impact on architecture, especially on
the Southern Continent. |
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| Dragonlore Exhibition Kitti Ping's legacy
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You
want to know more about the awesome dragons and their riders? Here
you'll find answers to your questions about dragon sexuality and mating
flights, dragon food (and fodder), dragon memory and habits... in short,
information about dragon life and death including much information about
their riders and pointers to other resources. |
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| Fire Lizard Exhibition Ancestors of the Dragons |
Once
a common animal and protector of mankind the fire lizards became almost
a mythical species in later centuries until brown rider F'nor of Benden
Impressed little Grall on a Southern beach. An intriguing indigenous
species, with their common and shared memory, who certainly merits its
own exhibition. |
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| Crafts Exhibition Crafts and craftiness |
An exhibition about the history and the development of the crafts and their vast impact on Pernese society through the centuries. There are many crafts on Pern but they all adhere to certain, most unwritten rules. A special corner is reserved for the craft-of-crafts, the Harpercraft: which is actually far more then a craft! |
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| Holds and their People Fort was first, South Boll then... |
The counterpart of the crafts and Pern's third influential body (besides the Weyrs and the Crafts) are the Holds. Since Pern's society is almost a feudal society the Holds and their Lords Holder play a very important part in Pern politics and daily life. This means that both geography and the social structure are of great importance. |
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| Food and Drink From Benden to bubbly pies |
Basic things tend to be forgotten, but where would we be without them? Pern's food and drink are partly indigenous, partly Terran by origin, which makes for very interesting varieties and... recipes. Visitors are very welcome to send in their own recipes, too! |
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| Maps and Charts Where and "when" |
Pern's geographical structure is a changing one, not in the least because we discover more about our beloved planet while Anne McCaffrey writes more books. A revised edition of the Atlas of Pern is sorely needed, but if you want to know where certain Holds are until we can buy that book, this is the place to come to. |
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| The Pern Charter Rules and regs |
The Pern Charter sounds like dull stuff but can really catch the imagination, it did mine! The 9th Pass Pernese discovered that, even after more than 2500 of its making, they (more or less unwittingly) still lived by the rules their ancestors set up. |
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| The PMA Library | An independent part of the Pern Museum & Archives which has its own introduction page and further links. The Library of the Pern Museum holds information about many different hides, books and records for you to investigate or peruse at your leisure. |
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| Pern Encyclopedia | The Pern Encyclopedia, one of the main features of the Pern Museum & Archives has its own introduction page. This link will bring you to that introduction page. |
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| Pern Bloodlines | The Pern Bloodlines section, one of the main and unique features of the Pern Museum & Archives. This section has its own introduction page. The link brings you to that introduction page from where you can further explore the many bloodlines, pedigree charts and other genealogical data. |
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| McCaffrey Exhibition The Dragonlady of Pern |
An extra exhibition for the Dragonlady of Pern, Anne McCaffrey. Not only to give you more information about this grand lady and top author but also as a tribute to her and her family members. |
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| Museum Shop |
I am looking into possibilities to sell books (both second hand and as a liaison for regular channels) and other worthwhile goods through this site by means of the museum shop. You'll surely find links here to sites that legitimately sell McCaffrey related merchandise once the shop has opened. |
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