Grant Museum of Zoology

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Time Out says

Sat Sep 22 2012

Recently re-opened at a new address – an Edwardian former library in the UCL complex – the Grant Museum of animal skeletons, taxidermy specimens and creatures preserved in fluid retains the air of the house of an avid Victorian collector while posing questions about issues in life sciences today. The collection includes remains of many rare and extinct animals, such as the skeleton of a quagga (an extinct zebra) and a dodo.

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Address:
Grant Museum of Zoology Rockefeller Building
University College London
London
WC1E 6DE

Venue phone:
020 3108 2052
Venue website:
www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/zoology
Opening hours:
1-5pm Mon-Sat; closed bank hols and Christmas/Easter period
Transport:
Tube: Euston/Goodge St
Map
1. Grant Museum of Zoology
  - Rockefeller Building
    University College London
    London
    WC1E 6DE
  - 020 3108 2052
  - www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/zoology
  - 51.523541,-0.134461

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