Miskatonic University

Educational institution located in Arkham. Originally founded as Arkham College in 1690, it was reinvigorated in 1765 with a bequest from Jeremiah Orne, one of Arkham's foremost merchants.

At first, classes were held in only one building on College Street, but Miskatonic College grew so quickly that soon after then Revolutionary War, the people of Arkham presented their former town common to the school in recognition of its achievements. In 1861, Miskatonic College combined with Elder Faith Seminary to become a university, and in 1880 its world-famous medical school opened.

Over the years, Miskatonic University has gained a great deal of prestige, and is often considered to be one of the Ivy League schools. Even now, over two hundred years after its foundation, Miskatonic remains at the fore in scholarship and research. Its forays into the far parts of the world, such as the Pabodie Expedition of 1931 and the later Australian excavations of 1935, though not entirely successful, have earned the university acclaim from the scientific community.

Of especial note to the visiting scholar is the University's library, which includes the largest collection of rare occult material in the western hemisphere. Also of interest is the Miskatonic University Exhibit Museum, which is known to hold some intriguing artifacts of unknown cultures, and the Nathaniel Derby Pickman Nuclear Laboratory.