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An Abundance of Animals

By Carolineld @carolineld

The Natural History Museum is as remarkable for its architecture as its exhibits. The whole building is a riot of decoration, featuring plants and animals galore. How many animals can you see on this section of the facade?

Photo showing a small section of the Natural History Museum facade, decorated with many animals in various formats.

As always, click the picture to enlarge it. 

And then, enjoy more plants and animals at the museum.

An animal head peeps out from within the arched main entrance doorway.

Pillars lining the main doorway, decorated with plant motifs and a little mouse.

Terracotta panels on an internal pillar, decorated with fish reliefs on a wavy raised background.

A square pillar capital with luxurian foliage and an animal looking out between the leaves.

An internal archway looking out onto a galleried interior, including the side of another arch with a carved ladder which monkeys are climbing up.

Sections of two archways with monkeys climbing them; beyond are further arches, metal with plant motifs.

Interior of a Victorian glass roof; between the windows are metal arches decorated with plant motifs.

A ceiling divided into squares by raised wooden strips; inside each square is a painting of a plant.


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