HALL I

Hall of Silent Creatures

The animals the earth will not see again. Their voices are gone; their portraits remain.

EIGHT FRAMES HANG IN THIS HALL
The Dodo The Dodo Lost c. 1681 Steller’s Sea Cow Steller’s Sea Cow Lost 1768 The Great Auk The Great Auk Lost 3 June 1844 The Quagga The Quagga Lost 12 August 1883 The Passenger Pigeon The Passenger Pigeon Lost 1 September 1914 The Carolina Parakeet The Carolina Parakeet Lost 21 February 1918 The Thylacine The Thylacine Lost 7 September 1936 The Pyrenean Ibex The Pyrenean Ibex Lost 6 January 2000

You have seen all that hangs here.

PROCEED TO THE GALLERY OF FALLEN WONDERS → or return to the Plan of the Museum
MMXXVI · IN MEMORIAM RERUM AMISSARUM