Re: Re: dead zoo under threat?

😀 Yes that just about sums it up.

Wonderful place, however the director did stress that any alterations made would be in the form of additions to the building, and that the original part would conserved pretty much as it is.
A big problem is the lack of flexibility the current space offers – as mentioned, only a tiny fraction of the two million specimen collection is on display. I’d imagine there’s little scope for much rotation with the current state of things.

Lovely building too – much more attractive in its orginal modest form than the bloated National Gallery across the way, though the blind windows at ground level are a shame.

It was cleaned by the OPW last year and looks better still now.