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Please note that our lift is currently out of action and we do not have a step-free entrance.
Our maintenance unit is dealing with this urgently, and we hope to resolve within the next two weeks.
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Monday 12.30 - 16:30
Tuesday 12.30 - 16:30
Wednesday 12.30 - 16:30
Thursday 12.30 - 16:30
Friday 12.30 - 16:30
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19th-century audiences were familiar with most of the animals that Dr. Auzoux modelled out of papier-mâché. This May beetle (Melolontha vulgaris) was a widespread agricultural pest, eating crops such as potatoes and corn.
