Galapagos-themed area in the Oceanium. In these photos you can see a replica of the HMS Beagle in details. Visitors can see the indoor and outdoor exhibits of the Galapagos Tortoises from the ship.
Neat, but hardly realistic - there should be much less headroom and unoccupied space, and the whole thing should pitch, roll and yaw a good deal.
The ships in the class of HMS Beagle were known as 'coffin brigs' because of their sailing qualities and Darwin was badly seasick for much of the voyage.
I absolutely love this concept. Looks like there is a lot of interactive stuff to explore in the ship. Plus having it as the viewing method of seeing the Tortoises is great.
Alan, I understand your point of view, maybe this copy is not perfect in terms of circumstantial details. But I don’t think this was the aim. Actually the visitors immersed in the interior space of a ship associated with the name of Charles Darwin, and the whole imitation tells a story about the theory of evolution. No data on how effective it is but like the idea.
Neat, but hardly realistic - there should be much less headroom and unoccupied space, and the whole thing should pitch, roll and yaw a good deal.
The ships in the class of HMS Beagle were known as 'coffin brigs' because of their sailing qualities and Darwin was badly seasick for much of the voyage.
But it's Europe, so at least you wouldn't have too many lawsuits.
I've been pretty lavish in my praise for this building, and that's not about to change now! The only criticism I could make of this area is that maybe it would be nice if there was more than one species on display. Still, not too many Galapagos species about in zoos so we can let them off that one!
I'm not a fan on theming for theming's sake - that said I think it can be great done properly. And the Oceanium does just that.
Alan, I understand your point of view, maybe this copy is not perfect in terms of circumstantial details. But I don’t think this was the aim. Actually the visitors immersed in the interior space of a ship associated with the name of Charles Darwin, and the whole imitation tells a story about the theory of evolution. No data on how effective it is but like the idea.
I'm not really being critical, I am in favour of good interpretative displays - particularly for teaching evolution; but viewing tortoises through a hole in a ship's side seems a strange idea to me. But I would like to see it for myself and I'm very grateful for the chance to view your pictures.
