Dear guests, please note that our diorama exhibition “Animals of Asia” will be closed due to renovation work from May 26 to July 21, 2025. Thank you for your understanding!
Displayed in the cases are dermoplastic exhibits of large mammals from Asia in a carefully reproduced “natural” setting. The adult orangutans come from a colonial context: they were purchased by the museum from animal traders at the end of the 19th century. All the other exhibits are zoo specimens or plastic models complete with skins and hair from a wide variety of animal species – or even human hair.
