The Delap Sisters Courtesy of the National Science & Engineering Plaques CommitteeYesterday I took myself to the Natural History Museum (or, "the dead zoo,") on Merrion Street The grand grey buildings felt a little out of place in the bustle and brick of the city center, looking more like London or Brussels than good old Dub I walked past the entrance by accident and had to backtrack to find my way in, but that gave me time to admire all the little bushes trimmed into the shapes of animals prancing around the museum’s yardThe ground floor, dedicated to Irish species, is tiled in red and black and is filled with freestanding dark wood and glass cases holding dozens of animals in each diorama READ MORE