Natural History Museum- London
Autor: Renata | Publicado: 2012-04-01T14:32:00-03:00

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             What's new at the Museum                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The BodyWorlds animals and their show-stopping insides have arrived                                                              Posted by Rose on Apr 1, 2012 6:06:19 PM                                                                                                                                                              The Central Hall's famous Diplodocus skeleton has a new furry friend this week. A bactrian camel with two humps and three heads  - well actually it's one head in three sections - which stands proudly  displaying its inner anatomy in front of the grand staircase and Charles  Darwin's statue.The plastinated camel in the Museum's Central Hall gives us a peek into Animal Inside Out, opening for Easter.This unmissable plastinated specimen is one of the spectacular creatures from our next big exhibition, Animal Inside Out,  which opens its doors to the public on Good Friday, 6 April. The camel  points the way to the Waterhouse Gallery where the exhibition is  currently being installed. We've adapted Gunther von Hagens' Animal  BodyWorlds and this is the first time the show will be seen in the UK. I asked Paul Gallagher who is managing the installation of Animal Inside Out how things were behind the scenes: 'The  exhibition arrived on Saturday 24 March, in six large truck loads from  Germany. For this particular unload we had to build an extra sturdy  scaffold platform at the front of the Museum capable of withstanding  loads up to three tonnes. We also had to use thicker protective wooden  boards throughout the unload route into the Museum. And then we laid  heavy strong steel plates to help bridge the changing floor levels  between the Central Hall mosaic tiles and the fossil gallery wooden  floor.'Some  of the larger exhibits such as the shark and the gorilla had to be  unpacked outside and brought in piece-by-piece as they were too big to  go through the doors. 'The  bull arrived wrapped in very tight black plastic which looked really  surreal in the fading night light as we fork-lifted it onto the  platform. Luckily for us, the huge elephant came in several smaller  sections in flight cases on wheels which all fitted through all our  doorways easily! 'Walking  around the exhibition space, it's clear that the larger creatures will  undoubtedly be the stars of the show for their sheer scale and dominance  in the gallery. The huge charging bull seemingly  frozen in time as a centrepiece really demonstrates the real power and  presence of this animal. I wouldn't wave a red flag here. But there are  plenty of smaller specimens in the glass showcases that will excite  visitors. 'Another  really exciting aspect of this show is the newly-designed graphic  panels that we’ve produced here in-house by our own resident designer.  He has created a stunning series of really dynamic yet elegant sketches  using all sorts of animals in various poses that really complement the  exhibit descriptions. These really enhance the 3D objects on display.  They are so good that I hear some will feature on our merchandise range  in the exhibition's shop. So I know I’ll be getting a T shirt! 'The  camel plastinate which has just been unveiled in the Central Hall is an  attractor for the exhibition. Luckily this is on wheels so even though  it weighs over 1 tonne it can be moved quite easily for the many  functions that take place there in the evenings unless of course our  clients are happy to invite it to their event. ''Having shown a few people round the gallery already, the first thing most say is: ‘these aren’t real animals though are they?’ So  it’s really great when you tell them that ‘oh yes, they are real. Their  faces change dramatically as they can’t believe it. Then they usually  say ‘WOW. How amazing it’s unbelievable’’. So I hope all our visitors  will feel the same way too.' Watch this space for more animal insides news next week. Find out more about Animal Inside Out on our exhibition website. Buy tickets for the exhibition