Natural History Museum Adopt a Species
Behind the scenes of UNE’s Natural History Museum, suspended in time, is an ecological treasure trove – of owls and koalas, wallabies and quolls awaiting their moment in the spotlight. For just a few thousand dollars, or more, you can Adopt a Species to help expand one of the finest collections of its kind in regional Australia.
Maintaining and developing a Natural History Museum like UNE's takes time and considerable money. Taxidermy is an expensive artform. The preparation of Connie the cassowary, for instance, cost about $10,000, and UNE has hundreds of comparable specimens in cold storage.
Now, through our new Adopt a Species program, you can help us achieve just that, by funding the conservation and preparation of frozen specimens to add to our permanent collection.
Why not consider Adopting a Species today to enhance our Natural History Museum and do your bit for species conservation and public education?
- For just $1,000 you can fund the preparation of a wompoo pigeon, southern boobook owl or masked booby.
- For just $2,200 you can fund the preparation of a pair of endangered Lord Howe Island woodhens.
- For just $3,500 you can fund the preparation of an endangered koala and joey, or a family of spotted-tailed quolls.
- For just $4,500 you can fund the preparation of one of New England’s larger wallabies, such as the red-necked wallaby or red-legged pademelon.
- For just $6,000 you can fund the preparation of Connie the cassowary’s complete skeleton to form part of a display of Gondwanan flightless birds.
- For just $7,000 you can fund the preparation of a large eastern grey kangaroo.
- For $25,000 you can fund the preparation of an entire display of New England’s iconic macropods, including pademelons, wallabies and kangaroos.
