Amazing Animals
by YUXUAN JIANG
Welcome to the Museum... I am May Queen. I am wearing a crown and holding a flower. I like dancing, and you can see me in the museum's stained-glass Window. I live in this museum with my amazing friends. Let me introduce them to you.
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He is one of my friends. We all call him Wall y bird.
Can you find him?
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Wally Bird is a pot. It is part of a collection of art which belonged to Mr Marsh who lived in Kingston. Do you collect anything?
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Woolly Mammoth Teeth
my Woolly Mammoth is shy friend. It has huge teeth.
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Look at the size of the teeth compared to yours... imagine how big the animal was!
These huge teeth were dug up in Kingston. They belonged to a Woolly Mammoth. This amazing animal might have lived here during the Ice Age which is a very very long time ago!
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Crocodile
This crocodile is a children’s toy and was made by women in an airplane factory in Kingston. It was sold in Bentalls. We call him ‘Snappity’.
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Frog
This frog was made by artist Denise Wren who lived in Kingston and made pots. She loved bright colours and nature.
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Can you colour the bird? It is also designed by Denise Wren.
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Nipper the dog Nipper was a famous Kingston dog, a picture of him was painted and it was later used for the HMV logo. There is a road in Kingston named after him!
What noise does a dog make?
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Stag This is the shield for the Ro yal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames. The impressive stags remind us that part of Richmond Park is in Kingston.
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Do you want to design your own shield?
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Horse Eadweard Muybridge​ was a fa m ou s p h oto g ra p h er f ro m Kingston. He liked to take photos of anima ls moving and was one of the first people to make pictures move.
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Which is your favourite amazing animal at Kingston Museum?
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