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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, is undergoing the redevelopment as part of its Nature + Love project.
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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...
Mar 4, 2024 · By Claire Moses. Reporting from the Horniman Museum in Southeast London. Published March 4, 2024 Updated March 5, 2024. Southeast London has temporarily lost one of its most famous residents: a...
- Claire Moses
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.
- Charlotte Coates
Jan 4, 2024 · Now for the bad news: this big redevelopment means that the museum’s beloved, overstuffed and anatomically comical taxidermied walrus is about to be taken off public display. Discover Time...
- Eddy Frankel
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Sep 23, 2013 · For over a century, the hefty walrus has proudly been the centerpiece of the Horniman Museum in London, perched on a fake iceberg since the 1980s in the Natural History Gallery after being...
- Allison Meier
Horniman bought the walrus around 1886 from an exhibition in London. The walrus itself is probably from the Hudson Bay area of Canada, Buckley said, although it is unknown who hunted and killed it. On Sunday, the overriding mood at the museum was one of enthusiasm and walrus appreciation.
Jan 5, 2024 · Horniman Museum visitors will not be able to see its famous mascot while the gallery is modernised.