Treasures of the Natural World at The Art Science Museum Singapore opens this 25th November with a blockbuster feast of historic artefacts and treasures from the National History Museum in London. With over 200 exhibits on loan from the National History Museum in London, Treasures of the Natural World is a collaboration which took three years to prepare. Showing in Southeast Asia for the first time, these unique treasures have been hand-picked from over 80 million specimens, representing the best of the museum’s collection. A monstrous three-meter long garoupa, skeletons of a saber tooth tiger, a “cursed” amethyst and mummified cat. Step into the Treasures of the Natural World and travel back to almost 4 billion years when historians and scientists discovered facts and evolutions of our natural world. The exhibition takes visitors on a voyage of discovery, through the centuries, from the Enlightenment of the 18th century, through to the present day, showing how pioneering explorers, collectors, and scientists revolutionised our understanding of nature. Exhibition highlights include a handwritten extract from Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, a magnificent sabre-toothed cat, a Martian meteorite, a mysterious ‘cursed’ amethyst, and a selection of Alfred Russel Wallace’s collection of insects from his [...]
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