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Tag: Animal
Animating with Remix the Museum
Use this handy guide to learn how to create amazing animations, using a smartphone or tablet.
HMS Bulldog (figurehead)
In the 18th Century ships were decorated with lion figure heads. It is thought they were a guide or to help the ship ‘see’ its way safely through the water.
How to make an Ancient Roman snake bracelet
This snake bracelet is great if you’re doing the Ancient Romans at school and need to dress up as a Roman. It’s easy to make too.
Discover over 3,000 species: The Biodiversity Wall
Take a closer look at some of the most fascinating species on earth with this virtual reality exploration.
Real Life Flea Circus
This genuine flea circus sees some very big fleas pulling various miniature vehicles across a table.
Lucky Pig Toy
This toy pig is a survivors of the Titanic. Inside the pig is a music box which would have played a tune when you wound its tail.
The bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh
This is the story of Winnie the bear, who arrived at ZSL London Zoo a hundred years ago.
Animals in Jars
Across the country hundreds of thousands of animal creatures are preserved in glass jars. We’ve been finding out why.
Lucky Cat
This cat is a lucky charm owned by a soldier during the First World War
Moving the Walrus
Have you ever wondered how to lift a one-ton walrus?
Giant deer skeleton
This is a skeleton of a Giant Deer stag and would have roamed the open tundra landscape of the British Isles towards the end of the last Ice Age.
Crazy Taxidermy: Animals in Costumes
Walter Potter spent his time dressing up stuffed animals elaborately and placing them in human scenarios.
Table of Unusual Creatures
This illustration shows you all sorts of weird and unusual animals including a strange looking catfish, hyena-type dog, rabbit with tusks and a lizard.
‘The Kongouro from New Holland’ (Kangaroo)
This painting would have been the first time the British public had laid eyes on a kangaroo in the 18thC.
Poster advertising a performing elephant at Sanger’s Grand National Amphitheatre, London
This circus had a permanent location at the Astley Amphitheatre on Westminster Bridge Road in London.
‘Portrait of a Large Dog’ (Dingo)
Stubbs the painter had never seen a Dingo, he based his painting on descriptions of animals from sailors and scientists who travelled to Australia in the 18th Century.
How to make your own mythical creature
In ancient times legends and myths about fantastical, mysterious creatures abounded.
Giant squid: from the deep sea to display
This giant squid was accidentally caught by some fishermen, and is so rare that they gave it to the Natural History Museum.
Piggy Bank
Piggy banks were in the form of a pig as the fat animal evoked associations with wealth. This piggy bank isThis 500 year old.