A natural history museum that is part of University College London. It was established by Robert Edmond Grant (1793 – 1874, anatomist and zoologist) as a teaching collection of zoological specimens and material for dissection. Notable exhibits include a rare quagga skeleton and dodo bones.
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Grant Museum of Zoology
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