Great North Museum - Zoology
The zoology collections include skeletal material, taxidermised material including study skins and mounts of animals, shells and mounted arthropods, and specimens preserved in spirit. There is a rich array of British specimens from a range of taxonomic groups, as well as organisms from around the world.
Several extinct and endangered species are represented, including great auk, moa, dodo, huia, kakapo, blue-wattled crow or kokako, Inaccessible Island rail, passenger pigeon and the only surviving specimen of the extinct British race of the capercaillie.
The museum also holds several historically important marine collections, including the Alder Hancock collection of nudibranchs and tunicates, and George Brady’s ostracods. The marine specimens are complimented by 50 models of sea anemones made by the Bohemian glass-worker Blaschka in the late 19th Century: originally bought for scientific purposes, they are also superb examples of the model-maker's art.
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For further general information on specimens and species within the collection, please contact Dan Gordon.
