This is the latest chapter in the history of the mastodon (Mammut americanum (Kerr, 1792)) specimen on display at the Natural History Museum (NHM) in London (UK), and continues from the story told by Lindsay (1991). The specimen was selected to be one of the new exhibits for the Wonder Bays of the refurbished Hintze Hall, at the heart of the Waterhouse building. Residing, until recently, on open display in a different exhibition space, the
mastodon required stabilisation and careful dismantling before transportation and reassembly in its new site.
Journal Article
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Mastodon and on and on…A moving storyJournal of Natural Science Collections, Volume 5, pages 110 - 114