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The '''Pewter Museum of Science''' (Japanese: '''ニビ{{tt|科学博物館|かがくはくぶつかん}}''' ''Nibi Museum of Science'') is located in the north side of [[Pewter City]], [[Kanto]], and is one of the city's main attractions.

==In the core series games==
The Pewter Museum of Science hosts a wide range of attractions and exhibits, largely based around space and [[Fossil]] exploration. The museum holds a huge collection of artifacts, including rocks from the moon, space shuttles, and Fossils of ancient Pokémon. The admission is {{PDollar}}50 for a child's ticket.

===Floors===
[[File:Pewter Museum Side Door LGPE.png|thumb|200px|Pewter Museum of Science's side door]]
There are two floors to explore in the Pewter Museum of Science. The first floor holds the front desk and a Fossil exhibit containing the Fossils of {{p|Aerodactyl}} and {{p|Kabutops}}. [[MissingNo.]] may use these sprites, depending on its [[List of Pokémon by index number in Generation I|index number]]. The second floor hosts a space exhibit, featuring a Space Shuttle and [[Moon Stone]] that fell onto [[Mt. Moon]]. The {{player}} is able to explore the museum at any time, after paying the {{PDollar}}50 admission fee.
[[File:Pewter Museum Right Entrance LGPE.png|thumb|200px|Pewter Museum of Science's side entrance]]
Once the ability to use {{m|Cut}} out of battle has been gained{{sup/1|RBY}}{{sup/3|FRLG}} or the [[Secret Technique]] Chop Down has been learned{{sup/7|PE}}, the player can sneak into the back of the museum and acquire the [[Old Amber]] from a scientist there, allowing the player to revive an {{p|Aerodactyl}} later in the game. In {{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}}, there is also a [[Move Tutor]] who will teach {{m|Seismic Toss}}.

In [[Generation II]], the museum is closed due to renovations.

In [[Generation IV]], the museum is open for business, but the major exhibitions are elsewhere, so entry is free. There is only one floor in this generation. There is a scientist in the museum who will revive a player's Fossils, much like the scientist at the [[Cinnabar Lab]] in [[Generation]]s {{gen|I}}, {{gen|III}}, and {{gen|VII}}. This is due to the fact that Fossils can be found under rocks using {{m|Rock Smash}}, unlike in [[Generation II]], where players were required to transfer Fossil Pokémon from the [[Generation I]] games using the [[Time Capsule]]. [[Steven Stone]], former {{pkmn|Champion}} of the [[Hoenn]] region, will also appear here after the player has received a Hoenn [[first partner Pokémon]] from him at the [[Silph Co.]], inspecting a meteorite exhibit.

===Exhibits===
The Pewter Museum of Science hosts a wide array of different exhibits and attractions. The first floor contains Fossil exhibits, including [[Fossil]]s of {{p|Aerodactyl}} and {{p|Kabutops}}, the rare, prehistoric Pokémon. The second floor has a space exhibit featuring a model of a {{wp|Space Shuttle}}, and a rock, most likely a [[Moon Stone]], that fell onto [[Mt. Moon]] in the form of a meteorite. In Generation VII, a model replica of an Aerodactyl is present next to its fossil, now stored in a glass case.

In the Generation I games and their Generation III remakes, an old man on the second floor of the museum states: "''July 20, 1969! Humankind first set foot on the moon that day. I bought a color TV just so I could watch that news.''" July 20, 1969 was indeed the date that humans first landed on Earth's Moon in the [[Pokémon world in relation to the real world|real world]] with the {{wp|Apollo 11}} flight. In Generation VII, he also talks about humankind's plans to set foot on {{wp|Mars}}.

In Generation I, the fossils use the front sprites of the equivalent variants of [[MissingNo.]] with their forms.

====Aerodactyl Fossil====
<gallery perrow=3>
File:Spr 1g 142 f.png|The Aerodactyl Fossil in Red and Green
File:Spr 1b 142 f.png|The Aerodactyl Fossil in Red, Blue, and Yellow
File:142 f.png|The Aerodactyl Fossil in FireRed and LeafGreen
</gallery>

====Kabutops Fossil====
<gallery perrow=3>
File:Spr 1g 141 f.png|The Kabutops Fossil in Red and Green
File:Spr 1b 141 f.png|The Kabutops Fossil in Red, Blue, and Yellow
File:141 f.png|The Kabutops Fossil in FireRed and LeafGreen
</gallery>

====Attractions====
<gallery perrow=3>
File:Pewter Museum First Floor Left LGPE.png |The Fossil Exhibit in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
File:Pewter Museum Second Floor Right LGPE.png|The Space Exhibit in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
File:Pewter Museum Second Floor Left LGPE.png|The Meteorite Exhibit in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
</gallery>

===Enigma Stone event===
In {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}, if the event item, [[Enigma Stone]], is taken to the Pewter Museum of Science, traveling Pokémon Champion Steven Stone will have a researcher from the museum examine the stone. The researcher then discovers that it is really the [[Soul Dew]], an item said to be the crystallized souls of Latias and Latios. After this brief encounter, depending on the game version, one of the twin dragons will appear outside of the Museum, giving the player an opportunity to capture it. If the player does not engage in a battle with the Latios or Latias, it will remain there until the player has done so.

===Items===
{{Itlisth|building}}
{{Itemlist|Old Amber|Received from a {{tc|Scientist}} inside the back room of the museum (requires {{m|Cut}}{{sup/1|RBY}}{{sup/3|FRLG}}/[[Secret Technique|Chop Down]]{{sup/7|PE}})|R=yes|B=yes|Y=yes|FR=yes|LG=yes|LP=yes|LE=yes}}
{{Itemlist|Pretty Wing|Received from a {{tc|Scientist}} inside the back room of the museum after showing him an {{p|Aerodactyl}} (requires [[Secret Technique|Chop Down]])|LP=yes|LE=yes|display=[[Pretty Feather|Pretty Wing]] ×10}}
{{Itemlist|Soul Dew|Received from a scientist inside the museum after showing him the [[Enigma Stone]]|HG=yes|SS=yes}}
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===Pokémon===
====Generation IV====
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{{Catch/div|building|Gift Pokémon}}
{{Catch/entryhs|138|Omanyte|yes|yes|Helix|20|all=Fossil|type1=Rock|type2=Water}}
{{Catch/entryhs|140|Kabuto|yes|yes|Dome|20|all=Fossil|type1=Rock|type2=Water}}
{{Catch/entryhs|142|Aerodactyl|yes|yes|Amber|20|all=Fossil|type1=Rock|type2=Flying}}
{{Catch/entryhs|345|Lileep|yes|yes|Root|20|all=Fossil|type1=Rock|type2=Grass}}
{{Catch/entryhs|347|Anorith|yes|yes|Claw|20|all=Fossil|type1=Rock|type2=Bug}}
{{Catch/entryhs|408|Cranidos|yes|yes|Skull|20|all=Fossil|type1=Rock}}
{{Catch/entryhs|410|Shieldon|yes|yes|Armor|20|all=Fossil|type1=Rock|type2=Steel}}
{{Catch/footer|building}}

===Trainers===
====Generation VII====
All of these Trainers appear at the museum once the player has become {{pkmn|Champion}}.

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{{trainerdiv|building|1F}}
{{trainerentry/master|VSHiker Master PE.png{{!}}90px|Hiker|Hisato|142|Aerodactyl|♂|75|Flying|Roost|Flying|Fly|Poison|Toxic|Steel|Iron Tail|36=トオル|37=Tōru}}
{{trainerdiv|building|2F}}
{{trainerentry/master|VSHiker Master PE.png{{!}}90px|Hiker|Valentino|076|Golem|♂|75|Ground|Dig|Fire|Fire Punch|Normal|Defense Curl|Normal|Protect|36=マサテル|37=Masateru}}
{{trainerfooter|building|PE}}

===Layout===
====Inside design====
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====Outside design====
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==In the anime==
[[File:Pewter Museum of Science anime.png|thumb|250px|Pewter Museum of Science in the {{pkmn|anime}}]]
===Main series===
====[[Original series]]====
In ''[[EP006|Clefairy and the Moon Stone]]'', [[Seymour]] mentioned he's a researcher from the Pewter Museum, although this isn't mentioned in the English [[dub]].

====''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]''====
The Museum itself appeared in ''[[JN038|Restore and Renew!]]''. {{Ash}}, [[Goh]], and [[Chloe]] originally visited the museum to see the recently revived {{pkmn2|giant}} {{p|Shieldon}}, but as the exhibit was closed for the day, they instead decided to dig up [[Fossil]]s at the local digging site. After hours of digging, Goh managed to find an [[Old Amber]], which was placed into a revival machine.

{{TRT}}, wanting to steal the revived Pokémon for themselves, accelerated the revival process while no one was looking, causing the machine to be destroyed as the revived {{p|Aerodactyl}} emerged from it prematurely. Goh chased the Aerodactyl into the museum exhibit and battled it with his {{TP|Goh|Golurk}} to get it under control, while Ash battled Team Rocket. In the end, Ash defeated Team Rocket and Goh managed to calm down and {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} the {{TP|Goh|Aerodactyl}}.

The Pewter Museum of Science is run by its overly enthusiastic [[Curator]]. The facility features a large biodome that houses many revived Fossil Pokémon, a fossil restoration machine, and an outdoor excavation site where visitors are allowed to try uncovering Fossils for themselves.

====Pokémon seen at the Museum====
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|-
| {{ActivePoké|Pewter Museum|Shieldon|Pewter Museum Shieldon.png|Rock|Steel|link=no}} '''({{color2|000|Giant Pokémon|giant}}){{tt|*|Mentioned only}}'''
| {{ActivePoké|Pewter Museum|Omanyte|Pewter Museum Omanyte.png|Rock|Water|link=no}}
| {{ActivePoké|Pewter Museum|Omastar|Pewter Museum Omastar.png|Rock|Water|link=no}}
|-
| {{ActivePoké|Pewter Museum|Kabuto|Pewter Museum Kabuto.png|Rock|Water|link=no}}
| {{ActivePoké|Pewter Museum|Kabutops|Pewter Museum Kabutops.png|Rock|Water|link=no}}
| {{ActivePoké|Goh|Aerodactyl|Goh Aerodactyl.png|Rock|Flying|fir=Old Amber|link=Goh's Aerodactyl}}
|}

===Pokémon Origins===
[[File:Pewter Museum of Science PO.png|thumb|250px|Pewter Museum of Science in [[Pokémon Origins]]]]
{{OBP|Red|Origins}} visited the Pewter Museum of Science in ''[[PO01|File 1: Red]]'', where he overheard two girls talking about the local [[Gym Leader]], [[Brock]].
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==In the manga==
[[File:Pewter Museum of Science Adventures.png|thumb|230px|Pewter Museum of Science in [[Pokémon Adventures]]]]
===Pokémon Adventures===
===={{MangaArc|Red, Green & Blue}}====
In ''[[PS023|Make Way For Magmar!]]'', the museum was burned down by two wild {{p|Magmar}}. While traveling with {{adv|Giovanni}}, {{adv|Red}} came across the burning museum, and used his {{p|Sandshrew}}'s {{m|Sand Attack}} to immobilize the Magmar. Once Red had left after receiving an [[Old Amber]] as a gift, Giovanni killed the {{pkmn|category|Spitfire Pokémon}} with his {{p|Cloyster}} when they regained consciousness.

===={{MangaArc|Yellow}}====
In ''[[PS077|Striking Golduck]]'', during the invasion of the armies of the [[Elite Four]], [[Brock]] had one of his {{TP|Brock|Geodude}} protect a {{p|Kabuto}} kept at the rebuilt museum. After the ordeal, Brock took Kabuto under his ownership and later evolved it into a {{p|Kabutops}}.

==In the magazines==
[[File:Pewter Museum - Pokémon Power.png|thumb|250px|Explanation about the Pewter Museum<br>(''{{OBP|Pokémon Power|magazine}}'' magazine)]]
===''Pokémon Power''===
In ''{{OBP|Pokémon Power|magazine}}'' (issue 1, page 3), it is said that the fossil exhibit has recently opened and that it contains fossils discovered in the caves beneath [[Mt. Moon]].

The curator of the museum is named Professor Phineas Fogg. His name appears to be based on {{wp|Phileas Fogg}}, the protagonist of the 1872 {{wp|Jules Verne}} novel ''{{wp|Around the World in Eighty Days}}''.
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==Trivia==
* In the Generation I games, the plaque accompanying the space shuttle model reads "{{wp|Space Shuttle Columbia}}"; however, in the [[remake]]s, the plaque simply reads "Space Shuttle". This is probably due to the fact that on February 1, 2003, the real Space Shuttle Columbia {{wp|Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|disintegrated upon re-entry}} during its 28th mission, killing all seven crew members. The reference to Space Shuttle Columbia was kept in the Japanese version of the Generation III games, but was removed in Generation VII.
* The {{p|Kabutops}} and {{p|Aerodactyl}} Fossil sprites are in the same pose as their species sprite in {{game|Red and Green|s}} and {{game|Red and Blue|s}}. This, however, is not true for {{game|Yellow}}, or {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}. Yellow used the Fossil sprites from Red and Blue which did not match the species' poses in Yellow, while LeafGreen and FireRed Fossil sprites had the same poses as the species did in {{game2|Ruby|Sapphire|Emerald}}.
* In [[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!]], if the player brings a Pokémon with an evolutionary line member that evolves by [[Moon Stone]] near the Moon Stone on 2F, it will stop following the player and stare at it. Similarly, if the player brings a Kabutops near the Kabutops fossil, it will stop walking and stare at the fossil.
* In {{g|Scarlet and Violet}}, the [[Monstrous Tablecloth]] is [[List of cross-generational references|described]] to have been designed by the Pewter Museum of Science.

==In other languages==
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|zh_yue=深灰科學博物館 ''{{tt|Sāmfūi Fōhohk Bokmahtgún|Pewter Museum of Science}}'' {{tt|*|Games & Let's Find Pokémon!}}<br>科學博物館 ''{{tt|Fōhohk Bokmahtgún|Museum of Science}}'' {{tt|*|Anime & Adventures}}
|zh_cmn=深灰科學博物館 / 深灰科学博物馆 ''{{tt|Shēnhuī Kēxué Bówùguǎn|Pewter Museum of Science}}'' {{tt|*|Games}}<br>尼比市科學博物館 / 尼比市科学博物馆 ''{{tt|Níbǐ Shì Kēxué Bówùguǎn|Pewter City Museum of Science}}'' {{tt|*|Anime (Taiwan) & Let's Find Pokémon! (Mainland China)}}<br>科學博物館 / 科学博物馆 ''{{tt|Kēxué Bówùguǎn|Museum of Science}}'' {{tt|*|Adventures}}<br>深灰市科学博物馆 ''{{tt|Shēnhuī Shì Kēxué Bówùguǎn|Pewter City Museum of Science}}'' {{tt|*|Manga (21st Century Publishing)}}
|cs=Pewterské přírodovědné muzeum
|fi=Pewterin tiedemuseo
|fr=Musée des Sciences d'Argenta
|de=Marmorias Museum der Wissenschaft
|it=Museo della Scienza di Plumbeopoli
|ko=회색시티 과학 박물관 ''{{tt|Hoesaek City Gwahak Bakmulgwan|Pewter City Science Museum}}''
|pl=Muzeum Nauki Marmorii
|pt_br=Museu de Ciências Pewter (anime)<br>Museu de Ciências de Pewter (manga)
|ru=Музей науки Пьютер-Сити ''Muzey nauki P'yuter-Siti''
|es=Museo de la Ciencia de Ciudad Plateada
|tr=Pewter Bilim Müzesi
|vi=Viện bảo tàng Khoa học Nibi
}}

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