Commentary
The old 'Cabinet of Curiosities' mammal gallery, South Australian Museum north wing

The Biodiversity Gallery, South Australian Museum

review by Rob Morrison

During the creation of the South Australian Museum's new Biodiversity Gallery, the design team decided that information about animals is readily available from field guides, natural history books and the internet. Detailed facts were therefore not included as part of the exhibition. Instead, interesting snippets of information were used, designed to engender the kind of interest that would make visitors want to research topics from other sources.

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