Visit to Lausanne Museum of Natural Sciences!
atural History Museum visit! Officially, it's the Cantonal Museum of Zoology , now part of the Museum of Natural Sciences. Such a fascinating place! We spent an entire afternoon there, and would definitely go back! Warning, in the photos below, there are some different organs and other things preserved in jars. Pelican! There was an entire floor devoted to a taxidermy collection that was at least a century old! Happy shark! This entire visit came about because of this happy shark tumblr post ! Pufferfish! Octopus! Lepidoptera Cryptozoology! Bernard Heuvelmans -- and a link to Tintin! Gulls! Animals that have gone extinct Tatzelwurm! Quetzal A taxidermy display from the 1952 Trilobite! Amethyst! Pounamu Gold! Beautiful flower fossil Meteorite! Meteorite! I featured this meteorite in a story! Iguanadon! Beautiful things Snails! Poppies! Alfred Russel Wallace ! The Swiss connection with Metis in Canada! Keys! Chillon Castle model Napoleon's death mask. I was not expecting to s...