To celebrate Wild Child Day of National Heritage Week, the Museum hosted an open day for children aged between 7 and 12 years. Staff members were on hand to explain the exhibits and there were live specimens of scorpions, tarantulas and some other creepy crawlies for children to see. (Photos by Vijay Bansode)
Opening of the Museum, September 2009:
A selection of the exhibits:
(A) Toothed rock crab (B) Toucan, Albatross and Eagle skulls (C) Kangaroo rat
(D) A selection of skeletal feet (E) Gibbon skeleton (F) Tortoise skull
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