Both for my project and just out of general interest, I visited a few different museums and galleries in hopes of finding anything on mammoths or other extinct animals. In Dundee I visited the McManus Galleries, and in Glasgow I visited the Hunterian Zoology Museum and Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. The Hunterian was very interesting and made a few mentions of mammoths along with how elephants evolved, but unfortunately no exhibits. Both the McManus and Kelvingrove had a mammoth tooth on display.
The McManus display read: Mammoth tooth Species Name: Mammuthus primigenius Field collection: St Fort gravel quarry, Leuchars, Fife Donated by Mr J. Paul "Mammoths are an extinct relative of the elephant that lived in the Ice Age. This mammoth tooth was found locally, but it may have been carried there by moving ice. It is the tooth of a young mammoth aged around 5 years old. At this age the mammoth would have still been living with its family group." |