Discovery Zone

Get your hands on a Badger and Pilot Whale skull, learn about species that live in different environments, and find out what animals lurk in the drawers beneath...

This hands-on area has two mobile units, Life on Land and The Life Aquatic.

Life on Land

In Life on Land various different themes are explored: life in the earth such as that of creepy crawlies like the tarantula; life in the air which explores how birds beaks fit their lifestyle; and mammals that live on land such as a wolf. 

The animals in this mobile unit include:

• Badger
  
• Small mammal skulls
  
• Tarantula
  
• Common terrestrial insects
• Golden eagle skull
  
• Raven skull 

The Life Aquatic

In The Life Aquatic objects are grouped in themes such as Irish sea mammals and freshwater insects.

The animals in this mobile unit include:

• Pilot Whale skull
  
• Dolphin skull
  
• Common freshwater insects
• Common Seal skull
  
• Spoonbill skull
  
• Dolphin’s pentadactyl limb