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The Macleay Museum in Sydney, Australia, is a natural history museum located on the main campus of the University of Sydney. The Macleay Museum gallery is now closed to the public in preparation for the opening of the new Chau Chak Wing Museum, scheduled for completion in late 2020.[1] HistoryThe building in which the museum is housed was built off Science Lane (within the University of Sydney) in 1887. The collections of the Macleay Museum are based largely on the efforts and acquisitions of the Macleays, one of the pre-eminent families in colonial Sydney: Alexander Macleay, William Sharp Macleay and William John Macleay. The zoologist and collector George Masters served as curator until 1912.[2] CollectionThe strengths of the collection lie in entomology, ethnography, scientific instruments, and historic photographs. Many of the biological specimens in the collection represent rare or extinct species, while some of the specimens have historic and cultural value[3] as they were collected by explorers like Charles Darwin and Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay. The George Masters Exhibition Space of the museum was devoted to temporary exhibitions. Overall, the museum houses one of the most important natural history and ethnography collections in Australia, surpassed in Sydney only by the Australian Museum. ExhibitsSee also
Notes and references1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://sydney.edu.au/museums/ccw-museum/index.shtml|title=Chau Chak Wing Museum|last=Office|first=Publications|website=sydney.edu.au|language=en|access-date=2019-01-09}} 2. ^{{cite web |last1=Whitley |first1=G. P. |title=Masters, George (1837–1912) |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/masters-george-4166 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |accessdate=30 June 2018}} 3. ^Catalyst (TV program) — video and transcript External links{{commons category|Macleay Museum}}
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