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Tring
Walter Rothschild acquired animals from all over the world to study and display at his museum.
Collections
John Edmonstone was a former enslaved man who taught the young Charles Darwin the skill of taxidermy.
For around 175 years, no one knew the story of the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) specimen, on display in Gallery One at the Natural History Museum in Tring.
Find out why our conservators worked on Britain's most famous panda.
A bird curator discusses how and why taxidermy is still bringing nature to life.
The art of taxidermy has become fashionable again in recent years. But it has always been scientifically useful. Bird curator Hein van Grouw demonstrates how it's done.
News
Convincing male clothes moths to chase other males is reducing the Museum's pest population.
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