National Museum of Ireland – Natural History

National Museum of Ireland – Natural History
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Generelle informationer
TypeNaturhistorie
AdresseMerrion Street, Dublin, Ireland
Grundlagt1856
KuratorPaolo Viscardi (acting Keeper)
Besøgende387.412 (2019)[1] In later 2020, work began on removing collections, including the two whale skeletons suspended from the ceiling,[2]
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National Museum of Ireland - Natural History

National Museum of Ireland – Natural History (irsk: Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann – Stair an Dúlra), nogle gange omtalt som Dead Zoo,[3][4][5] er en afdeling af National Museum of Ireland, der ligger på Merrion Street i Dublin, Irland. Museet blev opført i 1856 for dele af Royal Dublin Societys samling, og bygningen og samlingen blev senere overdraget til staten.

Natural History Collection består af undersamlinger med zoologi, geologi og botanik; den geologiske samling er for størstedelens vedkommende blevet opbevaret på magasin fra 1960'erne, og den botaniske samling blev flyttet til National Botanic Gardens i 1970. Museets zoologiske samling, og dens bygning, er dog kun ændret ganske lidt siden victoriatiden, og det bliver undertiden beskrevet som som et "museum of a museum" eller et "stately home of death".

Adgang til museet har været gratis i årtier, og besøgstallet er vokset fra 106,000 i 2007[6] til over 336.000 i 2017,[7] og 388.000 i 2019,[1] på trods af permanent mangel på personale, og to ud af fire etager der har været lukket siden 2007. Efter en midlertidig lukning grundet coronaviruspandemien lukkede museet i november 2020 på ubestemt tid for at gøre plads til en større renovering,[8] og samlingerne blev flyttet i en periode på omkring 10 måneder.[8] Stueetagen blev genåbnet i august 2022, men lukker igen når renoveringerne fortsætter. Arbejdet blev vist i tv-dokumentaren The Dead Zoo i 2022.[9]

Referencer

  1. ^ a b National Museum of Ireland - Report 2019. Dublin, Ireland: National Museum of Ireland. 2020. s. 16.
  2. ^ Monaghan, Nigel (2021). "The two suspended whale skeletons in the National Museum of Ireland". Irish Naturalists' Journal. 37 (2): 142-150.
  3. ^ Murphy, Sherra (2021). 'The First National Museum' Dublin's Natural History Museum in the mid-nineteenth century. Cork University Press. ISBN 9781782054559.
  4. ^ Clerkin, Paul. "Natural History Museum, Merrion Square, Dublin". Architecture of Ireland. Archiseek. Arkiveret fra originalen 2008-11-20. Hentet 2009-05-28.
  5. ^ Hoque, Abeer (2006-05-27). "Notes on Dublin". The Daily Star. Hentet 2009-05-28.
  6. ^ "Attendance Figures". Arkiveret fra originalen 2010-08-27. Hentet 2010-11-25.
  7. ^ Pope, Conor. "Ireland's most popular tourist attractions named". The Irish Times. Hentet 30. juni 2018.
  8. ^ a b "NMI - Natural History temporary closure". National Museum of Ireland. 28. november 2020. Arkiveret fra originalen 12. november 2021. Hentet 12. november 2021. ...closed to the public until further notice to facilitate ongoing works. ... regular updates and news about the construction activity at the NMI - Natural History by following #DeadZooDiary on Twitter, which will be updated by Nigel Monaghan, the Keeper of Natural History...
  9. ^ Duane, Paul (2022-08-01), The Dead Zoo (Documentary), Nigel Monaghan, Paolo Viscardi, Screenworks, hentet 2023-12-20

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Forfatter/Opretter: William Murphy, Licens: CC BY-SA 2.0
Surgeon-General [the inscription is Surgeon-Major] Thomas Heazle Parke (1857–1893) was an Irish doctor, explorer, soldier and naturalist.

A bronze statue of Parke stands on Merrion Street in Dublin, outside the Natural History Museum [ known locally as the Dead Zoo ]. On the granite pedestal is a bronze plaque depicting the incident on 13 August 1887 when Parke sucked the poison from an arrow wound in the chest of Capt. William G. Stairs to save his life. He is also commemorated by a bust in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

Ireland's Natural History Museum, sometimes called the Dead Zoo a branch of the National Museum of Ireland, is housed on Merrion Street in Dublin, Ireland. The museum was built in 1856 for parts of the collection of the Royal Dublin Society and building and collection were later passed to the Irish State. The Museum's collection and building have changed little since Victorian times, and it is sometimes described as a "museum of a museum”. It really appeals to young children as it looks like something out of a Harry Potter film.