Almost five years ago I strolled for the first time through the corridors of the Zoological department of the National Natural History Museum, Lisboa. I went there in order to work with the then recent Education Office at the Department of Zoology and Anthropology. Little did I know, that soon after I would naturally venture into Museum Studies. And that's why when I saw the didactical models by Docteur Auzoux in the corridors, spare rooms and later on even some on display I had to ask someone about them.
The National Natural History Museum stands for more than 150 years of Science Education in Portugal. The Zoological Department is nowadays still called specifically «Museu Bocage» due to its first regent professor and its first collections organizer: José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage (1823-1907). These historically rich collections suffered a devastating fire in 1978, and the Zoology department had to be rebuilt. Still not everything burned down. There are still objects without scientific value that may help for a better understanding of Science representations in Portugal since the nineteenth century. There is an under -explored Archive with manuscripts, receipts and notes that go back to Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira's heritage.
'material culture'
When organizing the collections and the teaching Zoological Laboratory, Bocage had to travel to Europe in order to gather what he felt was most important with the little budget he had. On at least one of his trips in 1859, he bought some didactical models which are still in the museum today. More on those objects later...
The National Natural History Museum stands for more than 150 years of Science Education in Portugal. The Zoological Department is nowadays still called specifically «Museu Bocage» due to its first regent professor and its first collections organizer: José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage (1823-1907). These historically rich collections suffered a devastating fire in 1978, and the Zoology department had to be rebuilt. Still not everything burned down. There are still objects without scientific value that may help for a better understanding of Science representations in Portugal since the nineteenth century. There is an under -explored Archive with manuscripts, receipts and notes that go back to Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira's heritage.
'material culture'
When organizing the collections and the teaching Zoological Laboratory, Bocage had to travel to Europe in order to gather what he felt was most important with the little budget he had. On at least one of his trips in 1859, he bought some didactical models which are still in the museum today. More on those objects later...
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