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The Booth Museum of Natural History

Brighton, England

The natural history museum displaying the British bird collections and dioramas of Edward Booth, free of charge. 

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Rhesus monkey skull at the Booth Museum Emily Kawasaki
Rhesus monkey skull at the Booth Museum Emily Kawasaki
Elephant skull at the Booth Museum Emily Kawasaki
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The Victorian naturalist and eccentric Edward Thomas Booth founded this museum in 1874 as a home for his extensive collection of stuffed birds.  It has since expanded into a notable repository of animal skeletons, butterflies and other insects.

Booth’s own avian taxidermy and dioramas make up the bulk of the main room exhibitions, with additional presentations of quirky Victoriana - there is even a ‘genuine’ stuffed merman on display.  The skeleton room contains an excellent range of exhibits, from woodpeckers to whale bones.  In total, there are over three-quarters of a million natural specimens held in the museum’s collection.

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