"You can while away hours perusing the place, but the Grade II-listed natural history gallery – refreshingly devoid of computer touchscreens – possibly contains the most memorable: a comically over-stuffed walrus (the work of an over-zealous 1880s taxidermist).
There’s much fun to be had in the music gallery, too, where the impressive collection of 7,000 instruments includes an Iranian zarb, 600 concertinas and a pair of Egyptian clappers dating to 1,500BC. Wandering through the rest of the museum, you’ll discover an Egyptian mummy, a Nigerian Ijele (a special ceremonial African mask), Inuit seal-skin clothing, Vodou altars and a functional beehive."
From London's Fifty Best Unsung Museums (via Kevan)
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