natural history museums

I really enjoy natural history museums and the old school exhibits within them specifically the wildlife mounts whether in dioramas or not. I think animal mounts can continue to educate visitors in museums because for those of us who have seen specimens up close in person in a museum or in a zoo...

Found this old treasure of a documentary from the 1980's on the work behind the scenes of the Natural History Museum which I thought I'd share : I think you will probably enjoy this @Tim May, @Dassie rat and @Tetzoo Quizzer.

I love visiting natural history museums around the world. I've noticed that many of these institutions house live displays of smaller animals whether for temporary exhibitions or as part of a permanent collection. Personally, I always feel that seeing live specimens / species alongside the dead...

I love visiting natural history museums around the world and particularly enjoy seeing artfully created taxidermy dioramas that capture the beauty or drama of scenes of nature as if in suspended animation. So I thought I'd ask zoochatters, many of whom are probably also fellow natural history...