from strange behaviors (a blog about weird and surprising behaviors...and stories of how species get discovered):
What spurred the 19th-century “new museum” movement?
1. Generous donations from American “robber baron” railroad magnates
2. The British urge to out-compete the museums of rival nations
3. Dermestid beetles, which ruined many old museums
4. Advances in taxidermy
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