On Display

Animals with a backbone 

These are displayed in cabinets in the middle of the museum. 

Both cabinets 5 + 6 also contain various fossils belonging to the respective group

There are also additional displays on along the long bench and window sills of the museum (top of image). Including a model terror bird skull, cast of archeopteryx fossil, assortment of bird and mammal skulls and elephant skulls.


Inside the Museum:

Within the museum the displays are sorted into two groups: vertebrates and invertebrates. 

You can click on the group to go to it's respective webpage to learn more.

Floor plan of the museum with numbered cabinets.

Red stars indicate insect cabinets where our pinned insects are stored.
The red circle indicates our egg cabinet


Animals without a backbone

These are displayed in cabinets round the edge of the museum 

Outside the Museum:

Foyer Display

Various animals are on display within the entrance of the Alfred Denny Building including an Emperor penguin from one of the first British Expeditions to Antarctica.

On the wall is a large wooden mural dedicated to Darwin's work on adaptation and evolutionary theory

Sorby Cabinet

Just outside the museum is the Wonder picture display and cabinet dedicated to the work of Henry Clifton Sorby. 

The display features samples of his scientific instruments, records of metalogical work, including a light up display board showcasing some of the impressive lantern slides from the Sorby Slide Collection.  


D Floor Display

Located on the floor above the museum this cabinet contains a variety of different skulls of animals from across the globe, linked to a map illustrating their original location. 

This display was created by a Science Communication Student for her Master's project, titled 'Colonialism and the museum'.