Editing Farway Museum

{{Infobox Location
 | title     = Farway Museum
 | image     = NH Letter Farway Museum.jpg
 | caption   = The letter sent by the Farway Museum
 | services  = Identifying fossils <small>({{PG|nolink}})</small> <br> Golden net and golden fishing rod <small>({{NH|short|nolink}})</small>
 | ja-name   = ファーウェイはくぶつかん
 | ko-name   = 파어웨이 박물관
 | zh-name   = 远方博物馆
 | zht-name  = 遠方博物館
 | fr-name   = Le musée Pétaouch'
 | it-name   = Il Museo Principale
 | es-name   = El Museo d'Allí
 | de-name   = Das Weidwechmuseum
 | nl-name   = Het Museum Heinde en Verre
 | ru-name   = Дальний музей
}}
The '''Farway Museum''' (遠方の美術館, ''enbō no bijutsukan'', literally ''Museum of Afar'') is a museum outside of the [[player]]'s [[town]] in the {{SER}}. Its major appearance is in {{PG}} and {{DnMe+}}, where players have to send unidentified [[fossil]]s to in order to have them identified. The sole reason for this was that [[Blathers]], the curator of the town's museum, was not qualified to do so. In subsequent games, he was given permission to identify these fossils, removing any need for the Farway Museum. Despite this, it is still referenced in {{WW}} and plays a small role in {{NH}}.

==Appearances==
===In {{PG|nolink}}===
In {{PG}}, in order to correspond with the Farway Museum, the player must attempt to donate an unassessed fossil to [[Blathers]]. Blathers will contact the museum and the player will receive a letter the next day as long as they do not re-bury the fossil,{{Note|The game's check to send the letter from the Farway Museum depends on them having an unidentified fossil in their inventory, house or town, not buried. This is why Blathers warns to not re-bury it.}} allowing them to send in fossils for identification. The player can send as many fossils as they want to the Farway Museum in a single day. However, only three will be received the following day; the rest are delivered on succeeding days. Furthermore, the Farway Museum can only store up to thirty non-fossil items and thirty unidentified fossils for a single player. If an unidentified fossil or other item is mailed in when its respective return mail queue is filled, it will be lost.

Mailing a [[painting]] or assessed fossil to the Farway Museum will result in it being displayed in the player's town's museum. (Fish and insects cannot be attached to letters.) If the player mails an item already in the museum, a non-donatable item, or sends something while in another town, their item will be returned. Sending an invalid item can be useful for storing it at the [[post office]], since the letter returning it will say what the attached item is without having to move the letter to the player's inventory and check.

===In {{WW|short|nolink}}===
While the Farway Museum does not appear in {{WW}}, it is mentioned by Blathers when he talks of how he acquired his job. He claims that no one from the Farway Museum would move to fill the post of curator at a new rural [[museum]], so he was suggested for the job. He tells the player this after visiting and/or donating to the museum many times, as with many other [[special character]]s in the game. It is believed by many that the Farway Museum is a very prestigious establishment.

===In {{NH|short|nolink}}===
In {{NH}}, the Farway Museum is the institution that sends the player the [[DIY]] recipes for the {{I|golden net|NH}} and {{I|golden rod|NH}} once the applicable sections of the [[Critterpedia]] have been completed in full.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
PG Letter Farway Museum.png|{{PG}}
PG Letter Farway Museum 2.png|{{PG|nolink}}
WW Episode July Blathers Farway.png|Blathers mentioning the Farway Museum in one of his [[episode]]s from {{WW|short}}
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
|it=Museo Principale
|it-m=Main Museum
|de=Weidwechmuseum
|de-m=Faraway Museum
|es=Museo Lejano
|es-m=Faraway Museum
|ko=머나먼 박물관
|ko-r=Meon Bagmulgwan
|ko-m=Distant Museum
|fr=Musée Pétaouch'
|fr-m=From "Pétaouchnok," Middle of Nowhere Museum
|ru=дальний музей
|ru-r=Dal'niy Muzey
|ru-m=Distant Museum
}}

==Notes==
{{Note list}}

==See also==
*[[List of implied locations]]

{{Image|note=Images of interactions between player and Blathers describing the Farway Museum}}
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