Electronic inventory of European bird collections
Nottingham Natural History Museum
What is in the bird collection?
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Nottingham Natural History Museum
Wollaton Hall, Wollaton Park, Nottingham, NG8 2AE, United Kingdom
- Email:
- wollaton.hall@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
- Website:
- www.wollatonhall.org.uk/
- Tel:
- 0115 915 5555
- Fax:
Summary
Recreated in the style of a 1930s natural history museum display, this gallery contains taxidermied Victorian birds and game heads, alongside more contemporary specimens. Many of the birds were collected in Ethiopia and Sudan by the 19th century Nottinghamshire explorer Mansfield Parkyns. These include one of the first two specimens of the shoebill, or whale-billed stork, brought back to Europe in 1850. Other exhibits include a pelican, a bird-of-paradise, and a red kite.
Brief history
Since Wollaton Hall opened to the public in 1926, it has been home to the city’s natural history museum. On display are some of the best items from the three quarters of a million specimens that make up its zoology, geology, and botany collections.
Updates
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