Most fascinating thing at the Academy of Natural Sciences was that they show basically what kind of job is done behind the exhibition and what people do for sample layouts. Not just through the explanation of curators or other staff, visitors just look around and they could know that Graphic designers and exhibit directors are put in a great deal of effort to make specimens look like alive. When we walked down to the office of the museum and were listening to the explanations, I actually touched some of on-going samples. And they were so realistic and lifelike. I could know that this is how museum is doing for obtaining its trust from audiences.
So, these are kind of works of art and artifacts based on the scientific facts from the evidence in the monochrome or colored films, photos, and some parts of sketches back in the day. However, personally, several questions came to my mind as I listened to the staff’s saying that people who collect the materials by killing living animals. She did even say ‘it is interesting’ while telling about how the taxidermied gorillas were made. But, is it really intriguing to shoot the living animals in order to preserve their figures for permanent period?
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