Aug 30, 2024
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Bunny Gang
So sad that the Dead Zoo is still closed I want to go draw taxidermies and play the age old game of pointing out an animal and saying 'that's you'
Friday mystery object #451
A bit of news to go with the mystery object this Friday. Any idea what this feathered friend might be?
Happy New Year! 2023 has started off with a bit of a bang. The Dead Zoo has been given the go-ahead for the next phase of a major redevelopment project, and yesterday I signed an employment contract accepting the position of Keeper of Natural History at the National Museum of Ireland, so it looks like I have a busy few years ahead! But that has nothing much to do with the mystery object, so…
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I'm watching penny dreadful and they totally filmed a scene at the dead zoo in Dublin and I'm geeking out because I've been there and it was one of my favorite places to visit!!!!!
details of an ancient coelacanth in formaldehyde at the Ulster Museum
Lobstery critters. 'Dead Zoo' Dublin
DEAD ZOO - DUBLIN You stroll in the door and you walk back in time… Back into a world of Victorian exotica
It’s particularly pleasant to be led around by two women as this world is very much the preserve of the Victorian gentleman. “A lot of the collectors would have been gentlemen scientists”, agrees Siobhán, “and would be what we call ‘Anglo Irish’.” On the subject of gentlemen, Geraldine is hastened to add – “We have very strong connections with England as well and we would have shared collections with the English museums so we have material, for example, that was collected by Darwin.” Charles Darwin that is
“Flies that Darwin collected during the voyage of the Beagle,” Geraldine says, exuding wonder. It seems there’s truth to the clichéd image of the British gent with the waxed moustache running around far flung colonial isles with a big net. And apparently there was also a big shot entomologist – that’s someone who studies insects – in Leinster House and Darwin boxed up some of his examples and sent them to him.
I love taxidermy (don't think I could ever do it tho) so creepy and fascinating
A new mystery object for a New Year! Any idea what this could be?