Powell-Cotton Museum
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The Powell-Cotton Museum is a British museum renowned for its extensive ethnographic and natural history collections, particularly its early 20th-century African dioramas and artifacts.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | museum ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Powell-Cotton family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionSize |
over 20,000 ethnographic objects
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thousands of zoological specimens ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Africa
NERFINISHED
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Asia ⓘ global biodiversity ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBuilding |
Galleries 1–8
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Quex House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
African artifacts
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archaeological material ⓘ arms and armour ⓘ decorative arts ⓘ ethnographic collection ⓘ film archives ⓘ natural history collection ⓘ photographic archives ⓘ taxidermy specimens ⓘ |
| hasDiorama |
African savannah dioramas
ⓘ
Asian fauna dioramas ⓘ Central African forest dioramas ⓘ |
| hasEducationalProgram |
public talks
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research visits ⓘ school workshops ⓘ |
| hasExhibition |
Colonial collecting and its legacies
ⓘ
Natural history displays ⓘ World cultures displays ⓘ |
| hasResearchValue |
African material culture studies
ⓘ
history of anthropology ⓘ history of science ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
colonial history
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ethnography ⓘ museum studies ⓘ natural history ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://powell-cottonmuseum.org ⓘ |
| inception | 1896 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
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Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Birchington-on-Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early 20th-century African dioramas
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field-collection provenance ⓘ large-scale habitat dioramas ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| partOf | Quex Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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