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Half a century ago, Belgian Zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans first codified cryptozoology in his book On the Track of Unknown Animals.

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Monday, March 02, 2009

A visit to the Oxford Natural History Museum

Gavin Lloyd Wilson is one of the most tireless labourers in the CFZ Vinyard. He single handedly does the Daily News blog (and always refuses assistants when I offer them to him), and on sunday he posted no less than 31 stories. I don't know how he does it. Over on his own blog he recently visited the Oxford Natural History Museum, and his account was so interesting that I decided to pinch it...

I only visited the Oxford University Museum of Natural History for the first time last November, but I instantly fell in love with the place and wondered why on earth I'd never been before. I'm not going to give its whole history here, but to say that the museum came into being following a competition in 1854, when Deane and Woodward's design for the museum was selected, and then in 1860 the building was opened despite being unfinished in parts. (The museum sells a booklet entitled Oxford University Museum: Its architecture and art for £2.50, and which will fill in all the historical details should you want them). Read On
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