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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 · See Courses. 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...

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

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   Mar 4, 2024 · Matt Cardy/Getty Images. 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...

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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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   What was a bloated Walrus at the Horniman Museum?

   • Poised regally at the lifeless heart of the display was a bloated walrus. The Horniman walrus inside a glass case in the natural history gallery in 1938. Photograph: Horniman Museum and Gardens

   The Horniman walrus returns from his summer holiday

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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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   Jan 5, 2024 · 5 January. Horniman Museum. The overstuffed walrus has become a Forest Hill mascot. The Horniman Museum's famously overstuffed walrus will be out of the public eye for two years...

5. 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.

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

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   Jan 4, 2024 · 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,...

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8. 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. News. Words: Charlotte Coates. 5th January 2024. | 2 min read. Share this. The venue’s Natural History Gallery will be closed for renovation.

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9. www.timeout.com › london › newsThe Horniman Museum’s Beloved Walrus is Being Taken Off ...

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   Jan 4, 2024 · Thursday 4 January 2024. First, the good news: the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill is having its Natural History Gallery refurbished. That means new displays, with a focus on human impact on...