Elephant time-lapse at the Hunterian Museum

In 2006 the elephant skeleton was moved from the Zoology Museum to the entrance hall in main Hunterian Museum to form the centrepiece of the new displays being installed to celebrate the Hunterian's Bicentenary in 2007.

The elephant is a juvenile Indian elephant, Elephas indicus, and was acquired by the Hunterian in 1888 when Anderson's College (now the University of Strathclyde), closed its natural history museum.

In order to look its best for the new displays, the elephant needed to be cleaned and remounted. This was a complex job and was carried out by Dick Hendry, an expert natural history conservator. (Dick carried out the mounting of the magnificent Giant Irish Deer skeleton now on show in Kelvingrove Museum.)

Over a period of 6 months elephant skeleton was be taken apart, starting at the head end, and the bones laid out flat. The bones were individually cleaned, repaired and a new framework was made to support the skeleton. The framework was built by Martec. Previousley the elephant was currently mounted poorly -- the front legs sagged and the head and spine were in the wrong positions. The shape of the new armature had to be calculated precisely to ensure the elephant was positioned correctly.

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