Senate House Library Friends

18 June 2009, 17:00

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Visit to the Grant Zoology Museum, UCL

Description

The Grant Museum is the only remaining university zoological museum in London. It houses around 62,000 specimens, covering the whole Animal Kingdom. Founded in 1827 as a teaching collection, the Museum is packed full of skeletons, mounted animals and specimens preserved in fluid. Many of the species are now endangered or extinct including the Tasmanian tiger or thylacine, the quagga, and the dodo. A guided tour of the house has been arranged at £3 per person. Address: Darwin Building, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT. NB: SHELF MEMBERS ONLY

If you would like to attend please contact Library Office, Senate House Library, University of London, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU; Tel: 020 7862 8432. Click here for other SHL Friends events.

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