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lh e University Zoological Museum.

species. Tlie Fauna of Brazil and La P lata, now extinct and the Danish prehistorical animals are abundantly repre­ sented. Big collections of mammals, birds, reptiles and forsh are exhibited, partly stoffed, p a rt­ ly as skeletons and p artly in spirit. The collections of in­ sects and of crustaceans, mol- lusk, worms, coral-polyps and other ocean-creatures are very rich, gathered on numerous expiditions to the different oceans. Admissions free. Open May 15 to October 14th Sunday 11—2, Wednesday 12—4 and Friday 1 y , — 3j/,. (For the winterseason see thee memo­ randum lists in the newspa­ pers) Catalogue (price 50 Ore) a t the entrance.

The mineralogical-geologic Museum (Route 5) is situated next to the U niversity Ob­ servatory and to the Botani­ cal Garden. One half of the buildings, erected in 1893 (architect H. T. Ilolm) is oc­ cupied by the Chemical Labo­ ratory of the University. The Hall and the stairw ay of the .Museum are decorted al fres­ co bo the painter, professor Oscar Mathiesen with pain- tings of geologie incidents. In spite of Denmark being poor with regard to minerals, the collection of minerals in this museum ranks high among the European collections. Among the ather large collec­ tions may be mentioned the Danish geologic collection, the paheontologic collections (with fossils from Faxe and the

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