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Museums and Their Functions Lecture 06
Introduction
Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753).
Introduction
Introduction
Montagu House, first home of the British Museum, opened in 1759.
Introduction
Daniel C. Solander (1732-82)
Montagu House
Montagu House (Continued)
British Museum, Great Zoology Hall, 1845.
John E. Gray (1800-75)
John E. Gray (1800-1875), Appointed Keeper of Zoology in 1824.
Richard Owen (1804-1892)
Richard Owen (1804-1892). Hunterian Professor of Comparative Anatomy
Richard Owen versus John Gray
British Museum (Natural History) at South Kensington
British Museum (Natural History) at South Kensington, as designed by Alfred Waterhouse.
British Museum (Natural History) at South Kensington ca. 1880.
British Museum (Natural History). Pterodactyl ornament. Photograph, recent.
British Museum (Natural History) South Kensington. Plant Gallery.
British Museum (Natural History) at South Kensington
British Museum (Natural History). Final plan, 1879-81).
British Museum (Natural History). Central Hall, 1881.
British Museum (Natural History) at South Kensington, Main Hall.
British Museum (Natural History) at South Kensington. Main Hall displaying Diplodocus carnegiei.
Richard Owen versus Thomas H. Huxley
William Flower (1831-99)
Sir Henry Flower (1831-99). Director BM(NH). Late 19th Century. Photograph.
British Museum (Natural History). Central Hall, with whale skeleton. Photograph 1895.
British Museum (Natural History). Fossil Fish Gallery. Photograph, 1923.
British Museum (Natural History). Rear of a Gallery. Diplodocus skeleton. Photograph, 1905.
Comparisons: BM(NH) and MNHN
Comparisons (continued)
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