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1. www.atlasobscura.com › articles › horniman-museumAn Overstuffed Taxidermy Walrus Comes Home - Atlas Obscura

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   Sep 23, 2013 · Penny Illustrated News 15th May 1886, with the Walrus at left (courtesy Horniman Museum) The walrus first arrived in England with the 1886 Colonial and Indian Exhibition as part of a display of ...

   • Author: Allison Meier

2. www.nytimes.com › 2024/03/04 › worldLondon Bids Farewell, for Now, to a Beloved, Overstuffed Walrus

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   Mar 4, 2024 · A museum worker giving the Horniman Museum’s walrus a spring clean in 2007. ... who said she found the overstuffed animal important as a way to understand how we look at the world differently ...

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   What happened to the Horniman Museum's overstuffed Walrus?

   • The Horniman Museum's famously overstuffed walrus will be out of the public eye for two years due to renovation works. The Natural History Gallery of the museum in Forest Hill, south-east London, is undergoing the redevelopment as part of its Nature + Love project.

   Horniman Museum: Overstuffed walrus exhibit closes for renovation

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   What happened to a taxidermy Walrus at the Horniman Museum?

   • A taxidermy gallery known for its bulky centerpiece is closing for a two-year renovation. A museum worker giving the Horniman Museum’s walrus a spring clean in 2007. Matt Cardy/Getty Images Southeast London has temporarily lost one of its most famous residents: a giant taxidermy walrus that has been on display for more than a century.

   London Bids Farewell, for Now, to a Beloved, Overstuffed Walrus

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   Did the Horniman Museum make a walrus?

   • And so the Horniman Museum’s walrus , as with so many taxidermy works made by those who hadn’t yet glimpsed the dead animal in its living state, became its own sort of walrus — heavily overstuffed until he seems about to burst, and not a wrinkle over his taut skin.

   An Overstuffed Taxidermy Walrus Comes Home - Atlas Obscura

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   Where is a walrus at the Horniman Museum & Gardens?

   • For most of the past 120 years, the walrus has sat in the middle of the Natural History Gallery at the Horniman Museum and Gardens. The museum displays the collection of Frederick Horniman, a wealthy tea trader who lived in Victorian England.

   London Bids Farewell, for Now, to a Beloved, Overstuffed Walrus

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4. www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-england-london-67882583Horniman Museum: Overstuffed walrus exhibit closes for ... - BBC

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   The Horniman Museum's famously overstuffed walrus will be out of the public eye for two years due to renovation works. The Natural History Gallery of the museum in Forest Hill, south-east London ...

5. blooloop.com › museum › newsHorniman Museum | stuffed walrus off display until 2026 ...

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   Jan 5, 2024 · Horniman Museum to take overstuffed walrus off display until 2026. London’s Horniman Museum and Gardens is closing its Natural History Gallery for refurbishment works on 4 March as part of its Nature + Love project, meaning that the museum’s much-loved stuffed walrus will not be on show. Victorian taxidermists originally overstuffed the ...

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6. www.bbc.com › news › uk-england-london-67882583Horniman Museum: Overstuffed walrus exhibit closes for ... - BBC

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   Horniman Museum visitors will not be able to see its famous mascot while the gallery is modernised.

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8. www.mylondon.news › whats-on › reviews'I went to London's weirdest museum to see the giant stuffed ...

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   Jan 15, 2022 · However, what makes the ‘Horniman Walrus’ so special is that he has been overstuffed to the point of looking comically rotund. Whereas a real-life walrus has wrinkles, the taxidermied version at the Horniman, which is thought to originate from the Hudson Bay area of eastern Canada in the early 19th century, does not.

9. artdaily.com › news › 167256London bids farewell, for now, to a beloved, overstuffed walrus

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   A giant stuffed walrus sits on display in the middle of the Natural History Gallery at the Horniman Museum and Gardens, where it has sat for most of the past 120 years, in London on April 16, 2016. The taxidermy gallery, known for its bulky centerpiece, is closing for a two-year renovation.