Friday, April 17, 2020

GERMANY ~ Natural History Museum - Braunschweig ~

... Nice view showing one of the famous "dioramas" in the oldest natural museum in Germany... a forest landscape with three badgers🦡... the indigenous fauna, including species now extinct in Germany, is on show in 29 dioramas that are of national renown... they give you the impression of being out in the countryside... and are among the most beautiful seen in a natural history museum... with wonderful  "Cookie Monster"💙 special First Day postmark of "Sesame Street" (nr3)... Thanks a lot Dustin! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Photo: G. Linhardt

The Natural History Museum is a zoology museum and was founded in 1754 by Duke Carl I.

The public displays include dioramas, an aquarium, and exhibitions of birds, mammals, insects and fossils.

The scientific collections include 3,000 mammal specimens, 50,000 bird specimens, 10,300 bird eggs, 4,000 skulls and skeletons, 1,000 fish, amphibians and reptile specimens. Insects are represented by 80,000 Lepidoptera and 85,000 Coleoptera and there are 100,000 mollusca and 5,000 fossils.




Stamp:

Sesame Street
(Issued 02-03-2020)

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