Museum of Stolen Moments

"*Sculptures of men, women, children, Wunimals, and unnimals, beautifully crafted in their own fascinating little scenes and poses. Encased in glass and shrouded in swirling, snowy mists that never slowed and never settled.*"
―narrated description[src]
The **Museum of Stolen Moments** is an art gallery filled with snow globes in the borough of Eldritch. Each globe depicts a life-sized theme. But the scenes are not just life-like, they are real people, unimals, and Wunimals captured at the point of their death and frozen with tempus.

It was destroyed on Hallomas, Age of Aristocrats, Autumn of Two.

## Description

The Museum has a cavernous hall filled with exhibits and with a marble floor that echoes when Morrigan walks on it. Outside the Museum is a stone archway and steps to walk up into the the front door. There is an entrance room which connects to a larger antechamber that has some exhibits which then connects to the main, cavernous hall.

### Exhibits

Some of the snow globes are quite subtle in their depiction of death (a swimming woman) whereas others are overt (a boy thrown from a horse). Some scenes are small in scope (a wolfhound by a fireplace) but others are huge (stampeding elephants). A few of the scenes are rare events (a tidal wave) and some may even be from before Mathilde's life (a battle-scene with cannonballs).

* A drowning woman in a blue swimsuit
* A very old wolfhound curled up by a fireplace
* A young man being stabbed beneath a gaslight
* Four young men being thrown from a car
* Stampeding elephants approaching a crowded waterhole
* A frenzied battlefield with cannons and flying cannonballs
* A tidal wave about to hit a village
* A teenage boy thrown from a spooked horse
* An overwhelmed boat crew on a stormy sea
* A woman in a storm of bees
* A mountain cabin being hit by an avalanche
* One with a great white shark
* One with an angry mob
* A duel to the death
* A fir-tree struck by lightning
* One with an iceberg

## History

The Museum was built several Ages before the Courage Square Massacre, in the Winter of One of the Age of Thieves. It was initially classified as a Spectacle for its intricate and incredible artistry and the extreme amount of Wundrous talent it would take to construct.

After the Courage Square Massacre and the subsequent hatred of Wundersmiths, the Museum was abandoned, left to lay forgotten. Whether or not it was mentioned in the "abridged" history of Wundersmiths written by Hemingway Onstald is unknown.

The Museum has been destroyed as of Autumn of Two, Third Age of Aristocrats after the Ghastly Market was held in the museum and many of the exhibits were shattered, setting of a chain of destruction.

## Wundrous Acts Plaque

The Wundrous Act plaque for the Museum of Stolen Moments was recited from memory by Ezra Squall.

**Here stands a Spectacle**

Crafted by the Wundersmith Mathilde Lachance

Sponsored by the Honorable E. M. Saunders

 A gift to the people of Nevermoor

 Winter of One, Age of Thieves

## Appearances

* *Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow* (First appearance)
* *Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow* (Mentioned only)

## References

1. ↑ This pattern of Halls connecting to Halls has some resemblance to the layout of Sub-Nine.