Metamorphosis between jungle and museum.: Collections in the making

• Autores: Kurt Schmutzer
• Localización: The Circulation of Science and Technology: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science. Barcelona, 18-20 November 2010 / coord. por Antoni M. Roca Rosell, 2012, ISBN 978-84-9965-108-8, págs. 491-492
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Artistically preserved crocodiles, apes, piranhas and birds, intestinal worms conserved in alcohol –millions of specimens assembled in museums for Natural History around the world represent the outcome of numerous scientific expeditions since the mid-18th century. The zoological collections of Johann Natterer (1787-1843), gathered during his travels throughout Brazil in the years 1817 to 1835, give an excellent example to point out how specimens were moved from “jungle” to “museum” and how they changed on their way between these two spaces of knowledge.