6788 x 2976 px | 57,5 x 25,2 cm | 22,6 x 9,9 inches | 300dpi
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The Zoological Museum has been part of the British Museum Natural History since 1937 but it was once the private museum of Lionel Walter 2nd Baron Rothschild who moved with his family to Tring Park in 1872 Lionel Walter Rothschild was born in 1868 the eldest son of Nathan Mayer 1st Baron Rothschild of Tring head of the distinguished firm of merchant bankers NM Rothschild Sons and Member of Parliament for Aylesbury As a child Walter Rothschild knew exactly what he was going to do when he grew up announcing at the age of seven Mama Papa I am going to make a museum He had already started collecting insects and stuffed animals by then and a year later started setting his own collection of butterflies By the time he was ten Walter had enough natural history objects to start his first museum in a garden shed Before long Walter s insect and bird collections were so large that they had to be stored in rented rooms and sheds around Tring Then in 1889 when Walter Rothschild was 21 his father gave him some land on the outskirts of Tring Park Two small cottages were built one to house his books and insect collection the other for a caretaker Behind these was a much larger building which would contain Lord Rothschild s collection of mounted specimens This was the beginning of the Zoological Museum which opened to the public in 1892 and the beginning of Lord Rothschild s life long passion for natural history
