A discourse with deep time: the extinct animals of Crystal Palace Park as heritage artefacts

When the Crystal Palace at Sydenham opened in 1854, the extinct animal models and geological strata exhibited in its park grounds offered Victorians access to a reconstructed past – modelled there for the first time – and drastically transformed how they understood and engaged with the history of th...

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Main Author: Alison Laurence
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Science Museum, London 2019-05-01
Series:Science Museum Group Journal
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Online Access:http://journal.sciencemuseum.org.uk/browse/issue-11/a-discourse-with-deep-time/

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