The Natural History Museum is one of the oldest museums in Berlin, and was originally run by the Humboldt University. It is reputed to have one of the largest collection of preserved biological specimens; but the museum is under a massive refurbishment, and some of the really famous part of the museum (the collection of birds, reptiles, insects etc) are all closed off.
One of the biggest draw cards of the museum, is the world's largest mounted dinosaur skeleton of a brachiosarous. It is truly massive, and although it is not the only complete dinosaur skeleton on display, it definitely makes its presence felt.
One of the new exhibitions, is titled "Evolution in Action"; and I suppose it contains a number of the specimens from their collection. Evolution is a constant theme throughout the museum, from the evolution of the universe, to the evolution of planets to the evolution of life. There are even specimens that demonstrate the differentiation in species due to various environmental factors.
The cool part about natural history museums, for me, is the mounted animals, often in recreated environments. There is a massive selection of mammals on display in the museum. I did not realise how large Elands were!
A different approach, is to blow up smaller animals such as insects to emphasise their features.
1 comment:
Al!!!!
You're from SA and you don't know how big Eland are? :P
I don't like the stuffed animals... they freak me out.
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