Exclusive Treasured Puzzles
Some of the world’s biggest, rarest, oldest and most fascinating treasures are landing at Melbourne Museum, all the way from London, for the whole family to enjoy. In anticipation of the upcoming Treasures of the Natural World exhibition, we have turned some of the touring objects into puzzles! Select your level of difficulty and away you go.
Queen Alexandra's Birdwing
Ornithoptera alexandrae. Papua New Guinea
With an astonishing 30-centimetre wingspan, the female Queen Alexandra's Birdwing is the largest darakul, or butterfly, in the world. This darakul is now found only in the forests of Managalas Plateau, Oro Province, where the caterpillar feeds on a single kind of vine: kahalvat, or vines of the genus Pararistolochia.
Darakul and kahalvat are in the language of the people of Kawuwuki village, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea.
Photo: Natural History Museum, London
Easy (10 pieces) | Medium (60 pieces) | Hard (200 pieces)
Hummingbird case
South America
In 1851, millions of people flocked to the Great Exhibition in London to admire the wonders of the industrial age. Bird expert John Gould sought to attract some of those visitors to his own displays of jewel-like hummingbirds. This is one of his cases. The birds thrilled people so much that they were among the main displays selected for the Natural History Museum when it opened in 1881.
Photo: Natural History Museum, London
Easy (10 pieces) | Medium (60 pieces) | Hard (200 pieces)
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Finished already? There's lots more puzzling to be done at Melbourne Museum, Scienceworks and Immigration Museum!
