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Abandoned
Old Nature Study museum in the churchyard of St George-in- the- east, London.
The building dates from c. 1877, when it served as a mortuary and may have housed some of Jack the Ripper's victims. In 1904 the building was converted into a nature study museum in an attempt to teach city slum dwellers something about nature, because the local children saw so little greenery around them. During the summer, this museum often received 1000 visitors per day.
The museum shut in 1939 when the children were evacuated out of London. And the building has since been left to fall into increasing disrepair.
Abandoned
Old Nature Study museum in the churchyard of St George-in- the- east, London.
The building dates from c. 1877, when it served as a mortuary and may have housed some of Jack the Ripper's victims. In 1904 the building was converted into a nature study museum in an attempt to teach city slum dwellers something about nature, because the local children saw so little greenery around them. During the summer, this museum often received 1000 visitors per day.
The museum shut in 1939 when the children were evacuated out of London. And the building has since been left to fall into increasing disrepair.