Taxidermy


Dyche's panorama, an exhibit of taxidermy animals mounted in a natural setting

Overview

A historic first and a celebrated highlight of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, the massive Panorama created by KU professor Lewis Lindsay Dyche, originally depicted groups of North American mammals in their native surroundings. Now exhibited in the KU Natural History Museum, the Panorama shows a 360-degree-view of species situated among various landscapes, such as the Rocky Mountains & the Midwestern plains.