Curiosity and Control

Wonder, exploitation and a wish to preserve nature: Curiosity and Control is a journey through the world of Western natural history museums and zoological gardens. The stories – told by historians, architects, zoo managers and a museologist – are about curiosity, control, the desire to preserve and the connection with the natural world. The film is a portrait of the legendary explorer Carl Akeley, known as the ‘father of taxidermy’ and for his dioramas in the American Museum of Natural History in New York.