A couple of months ago the Grant Museum moved to a new area within the UCL, which was a bit of a worry for me, as the original room was lovingly overcrowded with specimens, and the old cabinets looked timeless, it was obvious that nothing had changed in over 100 years.
But, even though I hate change when it comes to museums, they have done quite well. The new area houses all the original specimens still, only now you can actually see them all clearly, as before the bottles and bones overlapped each other within the cabinets, so it was difficult to see anything housed at the back.
"The Grant Museum is the only remaining university zoological museum in London. It houses around 67,000 specimens, covering the whole Animal Kingdom. Founded in 1828 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."
The Grant Museum's new home is now in the Rockefeller Building, and public opening hours are Mon - Fri, 1-5pm.
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