• THE MUSEUM
• THE COLLECTIONS
• LOOK & LEARN
• OUT & ABOUT
• HOME

• HIGHLIGHTS
• OBJECT OF THE MONTH
• FAVOURITE THINGS
• LOOK & DO
• WHERE'S TERRY

• Introduction
• Walter Osborne Cherry Ripe
• Poesy Ring
• The Mummy
• The Living Sea
• The Two Deer
• Coelacanth
• James Moore Paper Mill Belfast
• The Mice
• Giant Japanese Spider Crab
• The Turtles and Dinosaurs

The Coelacanth

The poor old coelacanth! I often felt sorry for his dazed old face in his murky suspension - the irony of being taken as a specimen just because you are so rare!

Chris Martin, Dromore