Groote museum in Netherlands

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Groote museum
Type	museum
Closed down	1947
Place	Amsterdam
Country	Netherlands
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Zoological department
Elephant department
Record history
History of updates	2020-10-07xx

Latest document update	2020-10-30 07:03:11
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Asian elephant bull Jack, dead at Artis Zoo, Amsterdam

Description

Groote museum, in Amsterdam, Netherlands . Groote museum closed down in 1947.

Taxidermy specimens

Groote museum has in its collection 1 elephantine museum specimens with records in this database:

(Measurements of teeth and body parts follow the system described by Maglio (1973; P = plate number, L = length, W = width, H = height, LF = lamellar frequency)

Jack Accession nr: . Received: ♂ Jack
Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
* Born at Asia unspecified location † Dead 1849-08-08 at Amsterdam Artis Zoo
Death: shot legally by officials Death reason: when aggressive and unruly , shot by zoo staff, founder Westerman among them, to prevent escape or other problems

Comments / picturesThe Groote Museum is the oldest remaining museum building still in the city. The Groote Museum was closed to the public in 1947 but is now to be restored as part of the wide-scale renovation of ARTIS.

Among other elephants, the Skeleton of Asian elephant bull Jack, dead at Artis Zoo, Amsterdam, is exhibited at the Groote museum.

References for records about Groote museum

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2026). Groote museum, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3036. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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