Mappin Terraces

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  • The Mappin Terraces are the Zoo's largest and most prominent feature. They were built as 'an installation for the panoramic display of wild animals' in the form of artificial mountains. This 'naturalistic' approach to animal display, which derived from
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Mappin Terraces

6 Archival description results for Mappin Terraces

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LEG/20/2 · File · 1978-1982
Part of Legal

Correspondence, reports and photographs regarding an accident at the Mappin Terraces when a child fell 25 feet

Mappin, Mrs E E
SEC/9/1/17 · Item · 1913
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Letter from Mrs E E Mappin regarding the estate of John Newton Mappin and authorising the payment for completing the work on the Mappin Terraces at the Zoological Gardens

SEC/10/2/1/8 · Item · 8 Sep 1936
Part of ZSL Secretaries

Proposal for a cinema as an important agency of a broad educational policy as well as a source of revenue. When the Mappin Terraces were first constructed in 1913, it was originally proposed to build a cinema in the space below them. However the Aquarium was substituted

LEG/2/9 · File · 1969-1971
Part of Legal

Folder 1: Tender for the Restoration and Waterproofing of the Mappin Terraces - Conditions of Contract, Specifications and Bill of Quantities. Includes 4 drawings: 4105/1 - Goat Enclosures 'A' and 'B', Plans and Elevations; 4105/2 - Bear Enclosures '2'