Tuesday, September 3, 2013

FLORENCE: MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY

This is one of my favorite places we went to in Florence - I've never been to a natural history museum like this before so this was my first time being overwhelmed with taxidermy. All the huge glass cases made it feel so old-fashioned and science-y. My favorite section was definitely the birds - there were so many different kinds and it was awesome to see the colors and feathers up close. There are some crazy birds.

This museum is famous for its wax anatomical models from the 18th century - they were used for teaching medicine and were copied from actual corpses. They are detailed. Also they had hair. I can't say it was my favorite part of the museum but it was pretty cool to see.

12 comments:

  1. looks amazing, you should definitely go to the natural history museum if you ever find yourself in london, uk, i think you'd love it!!! it's amazing yet slightly creepy haha x

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  2. Holy moly! This place is insane. I would've definitely been fascinated by the human anatomy section too but I wouldn't want to be in that room alone! Something about the real hair and them being made in the 18th century makes them a bit more creepy. Some of those birds are crazy beautiful. That last blue bird looks like a disney cartoon character!

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  3. Oh my goodness...can I be you? There is unfortunately not a good natural history museum around me. Thanks for letting me enjoy it vicariously through you! xx

    Allie // callmesassafras.com

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  4. WOW! This looks incredible. Thanks so much for sharing.

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  5. So strange! At the beginning I thought " Oh my, you were in Portugal in my university" It's so similar! :)

    Kisses
    Sofia G

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  6. Wow, what an incredibly fascinating place!

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  7. so incredible! all those birds are great. i went to the natural history museum in dc and it was all skulls and animal skeletons— so different!

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  8. this museum looks like the perfect outing! i would love to explore and read everything here. i have never been to a zoology museum before!

    lindsey louise

    hellomrrabbitblog.com

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  9. wow.. such incredible captures! i love traveling thru your eyes!
    xx

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