Lyuba, the world’s most well preserved Baby Mammoth made her Asian debut in Hong Kong. The near perfect 1-month-old baby, attracted unprecedented crowds – some 400,000 visitors in 1 month – in an exhibition about her lost world, extinction and climate change.
Lyuba Baby Mammoth of the Ice Age
Exhibition features
- Lyuba－42,000-year-old mummy from the Shemanovsky Museum, Siberia
- Replica of full-size 4.6m tall adult mammoth from Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
- Skulls of other extinct animals: Steppe Bison, Cave Lion and Woolly Rhino
- Nenets culture: clothing, tools, lifestyle
- Video documentaries and educational graphics
Exhibition period
- ifc mall, Hong Kong, 12 April to 10 May 2012
- Hong Kong Science Museum, 14 May to 10 June 2012
Attendance
- 400,000 visitors at ifc mall
- 120,000 at HK Science Museum
Exhibition trailer
Exhibition posters
Lyuba in special transport case
Art handlers place Lyuba in showcase