Grant Museum of Zoology, Natural history museum at University College London, England.
The Grant Museum of Zoology is a natural history museum at University College London housing roughly 68,000 zoological specimens from across the animal kingdom. The collection includes skeletons, mounted animals, and preserved specimens that show the breadth of animal diversity.
Robert Edmond Grant established this teaching collection in 1828, creating the first university zoological museum in England. It remains the last such museum that London still has today.
The museum displays remains of extinct species like the Tasmanian tiger and quagga, making the need for conservation visible to visitors. Walking through the collections, people can see which animals once roamed the earth and understand why protecting living species matters today.
The museum is open Tuesday through Friday in the afternoon and Saturday mornings, though certain areas have limited wheelchair access. Visitors who need accessibility accommodations should check ahead to learn which parts of the collection are accessible.
The collection features elaborate glass models made by Blaschka, a complete quagga skeleton, and bisected animal heads prepared for anatomical study. These special objects show different ways that natural history museums have conveyed knowledge about animals over time.
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