By Richard B. Primack
“Only that traveling is good which reveals to me the value of home and enables me to enjoy it better.” Henry David Thoreau in his Journal.
The University of Copenhagen Geology Museum contains many remarkable historic collections, along with many vibrant new exhibits. The Museum is also grappling with its colonial past, an issue which is linked to many of the collections.
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| Photo 1: This replica of the Ote Worm Museum from the 17th century represents the origins of the current museum. |
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| Photo 2: The museum has a large collection of polar bears and skulls from Greenland, Denmark’s former colony, which have been used to demonstrate the declining bone mass of polar bears likely due to pesticides and other pollutants. |
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| Photo 3: Old seed collections from the colonial past have proved useful for genetic studies; some of the old seeds have even been germinated. |
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| Photo 4: The winning photos of the international “Wildlife Photographer of the Year” contest are on display at the museum. |
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| Photo 5: A photograph shows tadpoles migrating in a pond in Canada. |
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| Photo 6: A photo of elephants wandering through a village in India. |
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