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Bournemouth Natural Science Society

Bournemouth Natural Science Society

Open for a weekend once a year around October it houses a fascinating collection of unique Victorian preserved and stuffed animals.

Housed in a remaining Victorian villa in Bournemouth is a fascinating museum of local artifacts including fossils, stuffed animals and preserved in formaldehyde. Many of these objects are unique. It is also home to an Egyptian mummy and sarcophagus of Tahemaa from Thebes.
There is a botanical garden in the back.

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Category: Wonder Cabinets, Unique Collections
Location: Bournemouth, United Kingdom
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March 19, 2010
Russell-Cotes Museum

Russell-Cotes Museum

A museum based on the collection of a Victorian family. Housed in a remaining Victorian villa.

Housed in one of the last remaining Victorian villas in Bournemouth, it was originally lived in by Sir Merton and Lady Russell-Cotes.
The main part of the museum is based on the collection of souvenirs collected from around the world by the family including Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, America and Hawaii . The mikado room is based on their many Japanese objects.
In 1907 Sir Merton and Lady Russell-Cotes announced that they were giving their home together with their collections of art and beautiful objects to the people of Bournemouth.The Russell-Coteses continued to live in the house, which was officially opened in 1909 with public admission on the first Wednesday of the month, up until their deaths in 1920 and 1921 respectively

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Category: Eccentric Homes
Location: Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Edited by: ropami50, Dylan

March 18, 2010

Author: ropami50 and Dylan

Bournemouth Natural Science Society

Bournemouth Natural Science Society

Russell-Cotes Museum

Russell-Cotes Museum