Since I started working in the museum there was something I found quite humorous in this bird display but for a long time I couldn't work out what it was. Eventually it struck me. It was very much like a baroque painting but without any of the painting.
To illustrate this I include below a beautiful example of an ornithologically inspired baroque painting. The similarities abound except for the very institutionalised blue-green wall and the rather rudimentary guide to the birds on display.
The wonders of museum life....
Frans Snyder, Birds Concert, circa 1630-1640