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There's a great article at the NYT on the Cocoon, a collection of natural specimens in London's Natural History Museum's Darwin Center. Check out the slideshow to appreciate the juxtaposition of Romanesque architecture with the space-age, egg-shaped exhibition space. Very quirky.
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