Museum of Nature - Zoology
The Museum of Nature - Zoology presents specimens of different animals over some 2,000 sq m of floor space. As well as ungulates, insects, and birds from around the globe, visitors can also view Antje, the walrus formerly resident in Hagenbeck’s Zoo and mascot of the northern German television broadcaster, NDR. The Museum is popular both as a learning space for school groups and a venue for art classes. It is also used intensively for university teaching. The Museum hosts a number of special exhibitions and events.
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Polar bear "Smilla" - symbol of climate change
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"Finni" - the Hamburg fin whale tells his life story
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160 bones of "Finni" are lined up on a storage shelf due to lack of space
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"Antje" - Germany's most famous walrus
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In the background the "Big Five" - as the big game hunters called the iconic mammals of Africa
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Showcase in the new foyer about the Anthropocene, the "Age of Man"
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Antelopes and "horn wall" are a legacy of Hamburg researcher Henriette Oboussier
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To make its enormous size clear, the outline of the blue whale is traced on the floor
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The pointed crocodile, unfortunately on the Red List of endangered species