Grant Museum of Zoology

Sunday, 12th of May 2016

My first time in London was when I was sixteen years old and, as any newcomer to this city, my family and I visited all the major monuments and clichés associated with London, as one should.

Now, being not only visiting the city but actually staying here for a long period of time, I made it my mission to uncover another side to this huge metropolitan area, to discover its oddities and quirky side, things most tourists have no idea about.

Through several hours of research, I was able to come across the Grant Museum of Zoology.

This small, but quite wonderful and strange place is part of University College London, here in England and is now the only remaining university zoological museum in the city, housing around 68,000 specimens that cover the whole Animal Kingdom.

When you enter, you will be able to see that this room is full of preserved specimens, many of which are now considered endangered or extinct, such as the Tasmanian Tiger, the Quagga or the Dodo. It is also packed with skeletons and mounted animals.

It is open from Monday to Saturday, including bank holidays and it turns out is an amazing place for people who are interested in learning.

I loved my experience there, not only because I do love odd things, but also because I was able to get a lot of information from the exhibition.

From a girl getting new knowledge,

Mariana Fidalgo