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Description: | -The museum's founding collections in 1904 were strong in natural history and included specimens from Sir Alfred E Pease (1857-1939) and collection of the Cleveland Literary and Philosophical Society. Past curators , also nauturalists, include Baker Hudson (1854-1925) and Frank Elgee (1880-1944). The collections includes 800 mounted birds, some mammals, a few fish and reptiles. The TH Nelson (-1905) of Redcar collection of cased birds, particulary Yorkshire specimens, is important; 5,000 birds eggs with good data; 49,500 insects,mainly Lepidoptera and Coleoptera; 65,000 molluscs, which is the region's largest collection; other invertebrates c. 260 includes crustacea, echinoderms and corals;
- | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Linthorpe Road
Middlesbrough Cleveland United Kingdom,
TS5 6LA | FAX: | 01642 358100 | Telephone: | 01642 813 781 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6108 | Go to resource |
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