#scientific specimens

[physiologicdeadspace]

Normal specimens that have been preserved through plastination (clockwise from top left: brain, head cross-section, sectioned kidney, small intestine, placenta, and heart), 1988-1993.

[charlesreeza]

Specimens #3 at the Science Museum of the University of Coimbra.

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Specimens #1 at the Science Museum of the University of Coimbra.

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Specimens #2 at the Science Museum of the University of Coimbra.

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Skeletons at the Science Museum of the University of Coimbra.

[fantasmicly]

🦋 (at The Field Museum)

[lovelydeadoralive]

They are contemporary art, scientific specimens, natural wonders, and symbols of contemporary environmental anxiety.

The Breathless Zoo: Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing By Rachel Poliquin

[theheadstudio-blog]

Dutch paintings recreated using hundreds of photographic and scientific specimens.