The Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy is a natural history museum that is part of University College London. The museum has one of the United Kingdom’s oldest natural history collections.
What to see at Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy
Although relatively small, the Grant Museum of Zoology has a large collection with around 68,000 specimens including many rare objects.
Highlights of the museum include:
- a quagga skeleton
- dodo bones
- a thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) skeleton plus another thylacine (missing its head and paws) preserved in fluid
- a large jar full of preserved moles
- a collection of brains preserved in glass jars
- the Micrarium (a display of microscope slides with small animals)
- an African Rock Python skeleton
- the head and antlers of a giant deer that is estimated to be at least 7000 years old
- the Blaschka collection of glass models of invertebrates
- and a collection of bisected heads
It is an interesting old-school museum with lots of jars of brains and organs, skeletons, taxidermy and old wooden cabinets and not a push-button interactive display in sight.
Visiting Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy
Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy is part of University College London and is located on Gower Street, just south of Euston railway station. The closest tube stations are Euston Square (a three-minute walk), Warren Street (a five-minute walk) and Goodge Street (a six-minute walk). It is a 10-minute walk to Euston railway station.
Other nearby attractions include the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, the Wellcome Collection, Pollock’s Toy Museum, the Foundling Museum and the British Museum.
Admission is free.
It is a small museum with a lot crammed into one room and you should be able to see everything in just 30–60 minutes. It is the perfect place to come if you have time to kill before boarding a train at nearby Euston station.
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