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Look past the animals to the painted horizons, artificial leaves, and carefully placed shadows. These photographs show how natural history museums recreate a landscape inside a room, from a stretch of Wyoming prairie to a panorama that wraps around the viewer. The captions identify the museum, the scene, and the people who made it where their work is documented.

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Mountain Gorilla, American Museum of Natural History
Mountain Gorilla, American Museum of Natural History: William R. Leigh and Robert Kane painted the view of Mount Mikeno…
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African Elephant Group, American Museum of Natural History
African Elephant Group, American Museum of Natural History: Eight elephants gather in a protective formation on an open…
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Crow Indian Bison Hunt, Milwaukee Public Museum
Crow Indian Bison Hunt, Milwaukee Public Museum: Opened in 1966, this open diorama shows Crow hunters on horseback riding…
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Scandinavian Panorama, Biological Museum
Scandinavian Panorama, Biological Museum: Stockholm’s Biological Museum opened in 1893 with a panorama that wraps around…
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American Bison and Pronghorn, American Museum of Natural History
American Bison and Pronghorn, American Museum of Natural History: The 1942 display in the Hall of North American Mammals…
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Grizzly Bear, American Museum of Natural History
Grizzly Bear, American Museum of Natural History: A bear cub climbs a pine beside Yellowstone Canyon in New York’s Hall of…
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Tsavo Lions, Field Museum
Tsavo Lions, Field Museum: The Field Museum acquired the hides of these two male lions in 1925. They had been used as rugs…
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Muskrat Family Group, Milwaukee Public Museum
Muskrat Family Group, Milwaukee Public Museum: Carl Akeley made this small marsh scene in 1890. It shows muskrats among…
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Moose in Swedish Nature, Swedish Museum of Natural History
Moose in Swedish Nature, Swedish Museum of Natural History: Two moose stand among small conifers in the Swedish Nature…
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Lion Attacking a Dromedary, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Lion Attacking a Dromedary, Carnegie Museum of Natural History: Maison Verreaux made this staged attack for the 1867 Paris…
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Four Seasons of the Deer: Winter, Field Museum
Four Seasons of the Deer: Winter, Field Museum: Carl Akeley’s four white-tailed deer displays debuted together in 1902. The…
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Connecticut Coast, Yale Peabody Museum
Connecticut Coast, Yale Peabody Museum: The coast at Milford Point served as the model for this display in the Yale Peabody…
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Snow Leopard, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Snow Leopard, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: In this historic Los Angeles diorama, a snow leopard sits with…
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Jarre Canyon, Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Jarre Canyon, Denver Museum of Nature & Science: Denver’s Explore Colorado hall preserves an autumn view of Jarre Canyon…
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Cougars, Canadian Museum of Nature
Cougars, Canadian Museum of Nature: An adult cougar rests on a rock while two spotted cubs explore the ledges in the Mammal…
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Indian Jungle, Powell-Cotton Museum
Indian Jungle, Powell-Cotton Museum: A tiger steps through dry stems and leaf litter in the Indian jungle diorama at the…
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Caribou Diorama, Manitoba Museum
Caribou Diorama, Manitoba Museum: In Winnipeg’s Arctic and Subarctic Gallery, mounted caribou stand in a treeless northern…
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Elk Diorama, Manitoba Museum
Elk Diorama, Manitoba Museum: An elk lifts its antlers beside yellow leaves in this Manitoba Museum scene. The foreground…
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Kiwi Group, Canterbury Museum
Kiwi Group, Canterbury Museum: An 1880 photograph shows six mounted kiwi on a low mound at Canterbury Museum in…
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Lord Howe Island Rookery, Australian Museum
Lord Howe Island Rookery, Australian Museum: The Australian Museum installed this seabird habitat in 1921 after a field…
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Rocky Shore, Tūhura Otago Museum
Rocky Shore, Tūhura Otago Museum: The Forster Hall display recreates the rocky shore of the Otago Peninsula in New Zealand…

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