(Above) Dodos and extinct wolves star in the collection's swansong
The Grant Museum of Zoology, London's 62,000-specimen kingdom of bones, skulls, specimens and long-extinct beasts, will allow the public to traipse through its wild collection for a final time next Wednesday (June 30) before it packs up and closes for six months.
The University College London favourite is leaving its Darwin Building home to head across the road to the Thomas Lewis room, made famous when it appeared as the Gotham City courtroom in Batman Begins, the initial part of the current take on the caped crusader series in 2005.
Originally founded for teaching purposes in 1827, the Museum hosts a world-renowned assortment of artefacts, including collections from Robert Grant and Thomas Huxley and bones from 17th century dodos and the Tasmanian wolf of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, both of which are now extinct.
Visitors will be able to enjoy extended opening hours at the Museum on the final day, before the specimens begin to be packed into a special Grant’s Ark for the journey. It is expected to reopen in January 2011.
