A large, high-ceilinged room contains several taxidermied animals displayed in glass cases. The animals include a bison, an aardvark, a coyote, a monkey, an alligator, a snapping turtle, a kangaroo, and others.
Natural history museum in Morrill Hall, ca. 1893

Morrill Hall: The Museum

One of the reasons for building Morrill Hall was to provide space for a museum, which consisted of natural history specimens such as an aardvark, an alligator, and monkeys.