A 9ft-tall polar bear is one of 11 exhibits that have been damaged at Norfolk Museums in three years.
The taxidermy polar bear is due to be repaired at the end of the school holidays by the NMS internal conservatorsWork is due to begin to repair a stuffed polar bear after it was damaged while being moved around a museum.
Repairs to the bear, which is about 9ft tall, would be carried out by the NMS's conservation team at the end of the school holidays "due to the popular nature of this exhibit". This is the second time the bear has needed attention after it was put into a freezer last year to try and kill off a clothes moth infestation.The bear is one of eleven other items across Norfolk Museums to need repairs including paintings, china cups and a wooden dining chair
Two of the oldest items included a "Suffolk-type chair" which had been damaged by woodworm and being sat on by visitors, and an oil painting by J Stark with a broken frame - both from the 19th Century.
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