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A museum report on an Omura’s whale skull
An Omura’s whale skull, diplodocid fossils and handwritten botanical field books represent different parts of Singapore’s natural-history collections. At 2.6 metres, the skull was too large for the museum’s degreasing pots.
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Why the skull needed its own tank
The museum’s report, published on 3 June 2026, says the 2.6-metre Omura’s whale skull could not fit its degreasing pots, so staff treated it in a specially prepared tank. After six treatment cycles the process was halted because of the skull’s increasing fragility. Public display was still described as a future plan.[1]
A separate whale in the gallery
The Biodiversity Gallery page describes a sperm-whale specimen on display and lists three diplodocid fossils. The museum’s mammals page gives the scientific name Physeter macrocephalus for a Singapore sperm whale; it is separate from the Omura’s whale skull described in the June 2026 report.[2][1][4]
Botanical field records at Botany Centre
Examples among the archive holdings include explorers’ field books and maps of the Gardens. The library is in the Botany Centre.[3]
Good to know
A few clear answers before you explore.
Why was the whale skull treated in a separate tank?
At 2.6 metres it did not fit the degreasing pots; treatment was halted after six cycles because the skull was growing more fragile.[1]
Which other whale does the Biodiversity Gallery describe?
The gallery shows a sperm-whale specimen. The museum’s mammals page gives a Singapore sperm whale’s scientific name as Physeter macrocephalus; its June 2026 report described public display of the Omura’s whale skull as a future plan.[2][1][4]
When was the Botanic Gardens library established?
The Gardens’ library page says it was established in 1875.[3]
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