STOP 1: HALL OF ASIAN MAMMALS
Shot down, stuffed, and hauled to the museum for display, these species made their way here through the circuits of empire. As these animals were collected, the fields, forests, and waters which they shared with Adivasis (the indigenous of the land) were typically seized by colonial authorities, and the human residents were displaced and dispossessed. This process continues today with the creation of “wildlife preserves,” depopulated for the use of tourists, just as the tradition of Indigenous resistance continues.
