Ice Age Exhibition

I popped into my local library recently to find this replica mammoth skull and tusks by the main desk.  They were there to promote the libraries Ice Age exhibition, which showcases remains of Ice Age animals found in our neighbourhood.  The remains are on loan from the Natural History Museum, who retain the mammoth which was found with almost the whole skeleton.

I had to take the kids back to have a look the next day.

The exhibition included mammoth teeth, rhino bones and bones from giant horses, wild cattle, beavers and deer.  We searched the maps to see where near our home the remains had been found very close to where we live and where the children's school is now.

   
There was a display of the equipment the Victorian archaeologists used when recovering the finds.  

One thing I noticed was how beautifully hand-written the labels on the bones are.  A bit of an art I think and one generally lost in this time of typing on computers.

The exhibition was a nice little diversion for a Saturday morning for the kids and nice because its the type of things my boys are fascinated by. It was also nice to learn more about the place we live.