The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery was actually a museum of natural history for Tasmania. There was a special Antarctic exhibit on at the time, but I found the other exhibits more interesting for the most part. Here are a few pictures. You can tell the difference between Linda’s and mine. I turned off my flash.
Entrance
Colonial pistol
Muttonbirding was an activity pursued both aboriginals and early Europeans as these birds were a rich source of food, oil, and feathers.
Linda caught her own reflection when she took this picture of the Museum surrounds below.
Aboriginal reed canoe
native bark hut (tooreela)
strings of shells (canlaride)
clap sticks used for dancing (karnepleelare)
woven basket (tareena)
Tasmanian devil (Sarcopholis Harriri)
Skeleton of a Tasmanian Tiger. This species became extinct in the 1930s due to being hunted as a sheep predator and loss of habitat. The last known Tasmanian Tiger died in captivity in the Hobart zoo in 1936.
Giant crab (Pseudocarcinus gigus)
Agate
Petrified wood
Scales for weighing gold
Emperor Penguin Chicks (Apterodytes forsteri)
Albatross
Weather buoy. This buoy was used to monitor both weather and marine conditions in the Antarctic.
Scrimshaw from men working on whalers operating in Antarctic waters
Museum shots were really cool! Hope that you went to more places like this. I would look forward to seeing them.
ReplyDeleteWow nice museum.
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