What animal models of Ababou are there in the Natural History Museum?

Model of Tyrannosaurus Rex in Shanghai Museum of Natural History.

The Natural Museum is an institution that collects, produces and displays historical specimens of astronomy, geology, plants, animals, paleontology and human beings for scientific research and cultural education. The Natural History Museum is a museum with a rich collection of natural history. The embryonic form of modern natural museum can be traced back to Europe in17th century.

At first, some private collectors or court collections were for a few people to enjoy, and then gradually opened to the public, becoming places for publicity and education and popularizing scientific and cultural knowledge, and gradually developing into modern museums. The Ashmoline Museum in Oxford, England, which was built in 1683, may be the earliest museum established in modern times. 17 16, Russia established the Mineralogy Museum in St. Petersburg, 1753, the British Museum of Natural History in London and 1794, the French National Museum of Natural History in Paris.

Domestic data

The earliest natural history museum in China was founded by French Catholic missionaries in Xujiahui in 1868. It mainly collects animal specimens. Nantong Museum was founded in 65438-0905 by Zhang Jian, a member of Shanghai Ziqiang Society. It is the first self-built natural museum in China. Before War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, there were more than 200 museums in China, of which about 30 were natural museums. By 1986, there are nearly 900 museums in China, including more than 400 natural museums.

Many big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin have established large-scale natural museums or set up natural departments in museums. In addition, some professional natural science museums have been established, such as the dinosaur museum in Zigong, Sichuan, and the geological and mineral museums in various provinces.