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Horns and Antlers
The display brings together 125 objects from the museum’s own collections.
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125 objects from the museum’s collections explore the distinction between horns and antlers. They include skulls of hoofed mammals with these structures preserved. Individual specimens differ in shape, size and colour. The exhibition also discusses their roles in nature, making it more than a comparison of appearances.
The objects represent animals from Africa, South and North America, Asia and Europe. This broad geographical range brings different forms of horns and antlers together in one collection. Accompanying panels provide descriptions and natural history facts related to the subject. The exhibition’s main purpose is to clarify two terms that are often confused. Its starting points are actual skulls and the structures attached to them, whose forms can be compared without travelling between distant parts of the world.
For children
Horns and antlers are easily confused. This display helps explain the difference and their roles in nature. It contains 125 objects from the museum’s own collections, including skulls of hoofed mammals with horns or antlers preserved.
The specimens come from several continents: Africa, both Americas, Asia and Europe. They differ in size, shape and colour. Panels explain the subject and add natural history facts. Looking at the objects goes hand in hand with learning the terms. Bringing many skulls together makes comparison easier, while the wide geographical range shows that this subject extends beyond animals found in Europe.
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