Of Whales and Dinosaurs
The Story of Singapore's Natural History Museum
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Word Count
71,500 words, Guess
Page Count
286 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-109971698552
- ISBN-139789971698553
- Library of Congress Control Number2015322168
- OCLC Control Number900026940
- Better World Books9789971698553
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL29721472M
Classifications
- LCCQH70.S55T36 2015
- LCCQH70.S552 S558 2015
Description
Officially established in 1878, the natural history collection - originally housed at the Raffles Museum - now has more than 560,000 specimens in its care, one of the largest collections of Southeast Asian plants and animals. Dedicated to scientific research and education, the museum was reincarnated as the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum in 2015, closing the loop on its remarkable 127-year history. But beneath the sleek exterior of the museum's new, modern building lies a saga of struggle and change. That the collections survived at all - through the multiple challenges of the nineteenth century, the disruption of World War Two, and its potential disintegration in the face of Singapore's modernization - is nothing short of miraculous. This book is not only an institutional history of the museum but also recounts the frustrations, tenacity, and courage of the numerous individuals who battled officialdom, innovated endlessly, and overcame the odds to protect Singapore's natural history heritage.
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