Outline of Collections
Some of the main collections include:
- Worldwide
- Archery - The Simon Archery Collection, ca. 2000 items, collected by Ingo Simon
- Armour
- Beetles (Coleoptera), ca. 900,000 specimens, collected by Hincks and others
- New World
- Live frogs and ancient pottery from The Americas
- Cast of a fossilised Tyrannosaurus rex from South Dakota called "Stan", which was unveiled on 4 November 2004.
- Eurasia and Africa
- Plants, coins and minerals from Europe
- Art from past civilisations of the Mediterranean
- Mammals and ancient Egyptian craftsmanship from Africa
- Butterflies and carvings from India
- Oceania
- Birds and bark-cloth from the Pacific
- Fossils and native art from Australia, including the Emile Clement collection from Bankfield Museum
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