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Lilycove Museum

The Lilycove Museum (Japanese: ミナモ美術館 Minamo Art Gallery) is an art museum in Lilycove City. The museum features a collection of fantastic artwork featuring Pokémon and Contests. Most of the exhibits on the first floor are classical statues and sculptures featuring or symbolizing Pokémon, while the second floor is home to modern and vibrant artworks of Pokémon. Unlike the museum of Slateport City, the player is not charged a fee upon entrance.

Lilycove Museum ミナモ美術館
Minamo Art Gallery
"Pokémon masterpiece collection on exhibit!"
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Location: Lilycove City
Region: Hoenn
Generations: III, VI

Location of Lilycove Museum in Hoenn.
Pokémon world locations

LILYCOVE MUSEUM
"POKéMON Masterpiece Collection
on exhibit!"

Structure

First floor

The ground floor is the main exhibition floor of the museum; there are many statues here as well as a few paintings. Many people wander around this floor for inspiration or to just marvel at the fantastic pieces of artwork. It is this hall that features the classical artwork of Pokémon and the symbolization of Pokémon, where most of the artwork originated during ancient times.

On entry to the Lilycove Museum, the information desk can be located on the western side. Here the receptionist will explain that the first floor features a collection of fantastic artwork. Further west is the southwestern hall. In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, a woman and her child can be found marveling over a piece of artwork that includes a painting of a beautiful, smiling woman with a Pokémon on her lap. Also in this hall is a painting of Grass-type Pokémon swaying in the breeze, enjoying the wind's gentle caress. In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the two paintings that were here have been moved to the east wing. Pamphlets and two small pieces of art are now on the wall. A Kindler will sell some of his art—Secret Base decorations—to the player for $100,000 each.

Kindler
Paradoxical Popper Paradoxical Popper
$100,000
Meditative Seat Meditative Seat
$100,000
Heterarchical Loop Heterarchical Loop
$100,000


The northwestern hall hosts four paintings. The painting on the far east displays an odd landscape with a bizarre and fantastic scenery, which in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire shows Giratina. To its right are a delicious-looking painting of Berries and a very old painting that has its canvas peeled here and there. The last painting in the northwestern hall shows a vase in Generation III and a Pokémon Trainer and his Altaria in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

By traveling along east, the eastern hall can be found hosting several Pokémon statues. An artist can be found searching for inspiration from the artworks in the museum, while another student can be found expressing his love for the fine arts.

Featured in this hall is a huge stone tablet inscribed with Pokémon and a dense text in the small characters of an ancient, unreadable language, which could possibly be Unown writing. A sculpture that depicts an ancient bird Pokémon resembling Pidgeot is also located here. Next to it is a large Poké Ball carved from a black stone, apparently used in festivals in the olden days. There is also a painting located on the northern wall that displays the Mythical Pokémon Arceus, painted from the artist's imagination. In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, a Shroomish sculpture created by an up-and-coming artist is also exhibited along with paintings of a Ralts and a Roselia on the back wall.

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, the stairs to the second floor are also located in this hallway; however, they are blocked by the curator until the player is willing to help him complete the second floor's painting collection. In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the staircase is instead located in the center of the back wall, directly in front of the entrance.

Second floor

Meeting the curator

The curator will introduce the second floor to the player as the "special exhibit hall" and tell the player about his future plans for the design. The second floor, as the curator explains, was made for modern and vibrant artwork that features Pokémon springing forth into glorious life, a great change from the first floor which displays classical paintings. The curator asks the player to search for suitable artwork.

At first, there is nothing on this floor. However, in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, if the player wins a Master Rank or Link Pokémon Contest with at least 800 points, an artist will approach the player saying he's done a painting that might even look good in a museum, at which point the player will direct him to the Lilycove Museum. If the player accrues five paintings, one for each Contest category, the curator will give the player a Glass Ornament for their Secret Base. In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, each category has three frames, one of which will be filled each time the player wins a Master Rank Contest. Once all frames have been filled, the curator will give the player the Glass Ornament if talked to.

Exhibited works

1F

West wing

Odd landscape

"It's an odd landscape with bizarre and fantastic scenery."

In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, this painting portrays Giratina, possibly in the Distortion World.

Delicious-looking painting of Berries

"It's a delicious-looking painting of Berries. This painting could make you hungry!" RSE
"It's a delicious-looking painting of Berries. This painting could make you hungry!" ORAS

Very old painting

"It's a very old painting. The paint is peeling here and there."

In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, this painting clearly depicts a Ralts.

Old-style picture

"It's a very old painting. The paint is peeling here and there." RSE
"It's an old-style picture of a popular Trainer of the past." ORAS

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, this painting appears to portray a vase, while in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the painting portrays a Trainer and his Altaria.

East wing

Painting of a beautiful, smiling woman

"It's a painting of a beautiful, smiling woman with a Pokémon on her lap." RSE
"It's a painting of a beautiful, smiling woman with a Pokémon on her lap." ORAS

This painting is located in the southern section of the west wing in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald. In these games the appearance of the painting seems to be based on the real life painting Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son by Claude Monet. In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, it appears to show a Kirlia. In Pokémon Adventures, it shows a Pikachu.

Painting of a Legendary Pokémon

"It's a painting of a legendary Pokémon from long ago. The artist painted this from imagination." RSE
"It's a painting of a Legendary Pokémon from long ago. The artist painted this from their imagination." ORAS

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, the description refers to a singular Pokémon but actually depicts three Pokémon resembling the legendary birds or legendary beasts. In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, it clearly depicts the Mythical Pokémon Arceus.

Painting of Grass-type Pokémon

"It's a painting of Grass Pokémon swaying in a breeze. They appear to be enjoying the wind's gentle caress." RSE
"It's a painting of Grass-type Pokémon in a breeze. They appear to be enjoying the wind's gentle caress." ORAS

This painting is located in the southern section of the west wing in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald. In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, it appears to depict a Roselia. In Pokémon Adventures, it depicts an Oddish.

Famous sculpture

"It's a replica of a famous sculpture. It depicts an ancient Bird Pokémon." RSE
"It's a famous glass sculpture. It depicts an ancient bird Pokémon." ORAS

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, the sculpture is a stone replica, while in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, it is instead the original glass sculpture, resembling the Glass Ornament decoration.

Big stone Poké Ball

"It's a big Poké Ball carved from a black stone. It was apparently used in festivals in the olden days." RSE
"It's a big Poké Ball carved from a black stone. It was apparently used in festivals in the olden days." ORAS

Huge stone tablet

"It's a huge stone tablet inscribed with Pokémon and dense text in the small characters of an ancient, unreadable language." RSE
"It's a huge stone tablet inscribed with Pokémon and dense text in the small characters of an ancient, unreadable language." ORAS

Shroomish sculpture

"It's a sculpture depicting Shroomish. It's created by an up-and-coming artist."

This sculpture is only present in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

2F

Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, up to five paintings can appear in the second floor exhibit, each one representing one of the five Pokémon Contest condition categories: Beauty, Cool, Cute, Smart, and Tough. Each painting is a composite of a unique backdrop overlayed with the sprite of the featured Pokémon. A ribbon sprite is added to the top of the frame, the color of which reflects the contest category of the painting. Each category has three possible descriptions, one of which is randomly assigned to the painting.

The Pokémon's sprite is filtered with a combination of effects applied to each pixel, and the specific effects used differ for each category's painting. After the effects are applied, it undergoes a process known as color quantization to create a fixed-sized palette that reduces the sprite's color space. This ensures the sprite is not displayed with its full colors. There are two quantizers that are used: a standard palette quantizer supporting up to 256 colors, and one supporting up to 32 grayscale colors. A third quantizer is present but goes unused which converts the sprite to use up to 16 primary colors. This results in an image that heavily (but not accurately) resembles the appearance of Pokémon sprites on the Game Boy Color.[1][2]

The same process is used for the paintings that appear in the Contest Halls, except they always have a blank backdrop, no ribbon, and a generic description stating the name of the Pokémon and their trainer, as well as the category of contest won. In Emerald, the description additionally states the rank of the contest, as contests for all ranks are held in the same hall in Lilycove City.

Contest category Painting example Sprite effects Descriptions
Beauty A soft "shimmer" effect is created by inverting the sprite's colors, blurring it twice, then inverting the colors again.
  • "This century's last Venus - the beautiful <Name>"
  • "Pokémon Center's super idol - the incomparable <Name>"
  • "<Name>'s dazzling, glittering smile"
Cool A vivid "colored outline" effect is created by changing light pixels to white (which can result in some details being inadvertently erased), and dark pixels to black, creating a thick outline that is then recolored to either teal, yellow, purple, red, blue, or green. The color that is used is determined by the first 8 bits of the Pokémon's personality value.
  • "Nonstop super-cool - the inestimable <Name>" RS / "Nonstop supercool - the inestimable <Name>" E
  • "Hey, there! The good-looking Pokémon <Name>"
  • "The marvelous, wonderful, and very great <Name>"
Cute A pointillism-style effect is applied by taking colors from the sprite and distributing similarly-colored pixels across it. The splatter pattern is applied through pre-defined array and is not random.
  • "The lovely and sweet <Name>"
  • "Give us a wink! The cutie Pokémon <Name>"
  • "The pretty <Name>'s winning portrait"
Smart A "charcoal" effect is applied through a combination of the black outline effect used for the Cool painting, several blurring effects, and converting to greyscale multiple times.
  • "The smartness maestro - the wise Pokémon <Name>"
  • "The chosen Pokémon - The one among Pokémon <Name>" RS / "<Name> - the one above all Pokémon" E
  • "The excellent <Name>'s moment of elegance"
Tough The sprite is converted to grayscale, with a delta to skew lighter, followed by the same effect being applied again using the red color channel as a mean.
  • "The powerfully muscular speedster <Name>"
  • "The strong, stronger, and strongest <Name>"
  • "The mighty tough hyper Pokémon <Name>!" RS / "The mighty tough hyper Pokémon <Name>" E

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, up to 15 paintings can appear in the second floor exhibit, with up to 3 for each of the Pokémon Contest condition categories: Beauty, Coolness, Cuteness, Cleverness, and Toughness. Unlike the original games, a generic description is used for all paintings, with the only variation being the name of its subject and the category that was won.

Coolness Contest paintings

"This is a portrait of <Name>, which performed well in the Coolness Contest!"

Beauty Contest paintings

"This is a portrait of <Name>, which performed well in the Beauty Contest!"

Cuteness Contest paintings

"This is a portrait of <Name>, which performed well in the Cuteness Contest!"

Cleverness Contest paintings

"This is a portrait of <Name>, which performed well in the Cleverness Contest!"

Toughness Contest paintings

"This is a portrait of <Name>, which performed well in the Toughness Contest!"

Items

Item Location Games
Glass Ornament Glass Ornament 2F, from the museum curator after winning each Master Rank Contest with at least 800 points  R  S  E 
Glass Ornament Glass Ornament 2F, from the museum curator after winning each Master Rank Contest at least three times  OR  AS 

Layout

Version Exterior 1F 2F
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald
Omega Ruby
Alpha Sapphire
 

Music

Games Situation Song name (Japanese) Song name (English) Composition Arrangement
 R  S  E  Overworld 美術館 Museum Morikazu Aoki Morikazu Aoki
 OR  AS  Overworld 美術館 Museum Morikazu Aoki Shota Kageyama

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Lilycove Museum in Pokémon Adventures

Ruby & Sapphire arc

The Lilycove Museum appeared in The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon IX and X as the setting for a battle between Brawly and Blaise. Brawly was initially intimidated by Blaises's illusions when the paintings came to life, but eventually defeated Blaise using techniques he acquired from Bruno during a training camp.

Two paintings were featured in this chapter: the painting of Grass-type Pokémon and the painting of a beautiful, smiling woman.

  • Painting of Grass-type Pokémon
    Painting of Grass-type Pokémon
  • Painting of a beautiful, smiling woman
    Painting of a beautiful, smiling woman

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 水靜美術館 Séuijihng Méihseuhtgún
Mandarin 水靜美術館 / 水静美术馆 Shuǐjìng Měishùguǎn
French Musée Nénucrique
German Museum von Seegrasulb City
Italian Museo di Alghepoli
Korean 해안 미술관 Haean Misulgwan
Brazilian Portuguese Museu de Arte de Lilycove
Spanish Museo de Calagua
Vietnamese Bảo tàng Mĩ thuật Minamo

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  1. ↑ https://github.com/pret/pokeemerald/blob/master/src/image_processing_effects.c
  2. ↑ https://www.huderlem.com/blog/posts/contest-paintings/
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