The Gotham City Museum of Natural History is a museum in Gotham City, located in the Lower East Side district.[1] It has been a fixture of Old Gotham since the American Civil War, and displays exhibits on entomology, anthropology, zoology, and mineralogy. The museum even features multiple motorized dinosaurs that twitch and roar when visitors approach.[2]
History[]
The Gotham City Museum of Natural History was founded sometime during the American Civil War.[2]
Behind the Scenes[]
- In DC Comics, the Gotham Natural History Museum first appeared in Batman #44 (December 1947).
- The inclusion of motorized dinosaurs reacting to guests is a reference to a moment in the Cyrus Pinkney Institute for Natural History in the 2011 video game Batman: Arkham City.
References[]
- ↑ Gotham - Turkish Airlines
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Time Out Shortlist Gotham and Metropolis (Gotham City) p. 10, 34.