Phar Lap (4 October 1926 – 5 April 1932) was a New Zealand-born champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. Achieving great success during his distinguished career, his initial …

Nov 6, 2023 · Phar Lap’s famous win by three lengths in 1930 – having survived an assassination attempt shortly beforehand – became part of the legend.

Apr 29, 2013 · Phar Lap has been dead for 81 years. His body however, looks barely a day over six-years-old, frozen in time thanks to taxidermy – the art of stuffing animal skins for display.

Feb 4, 2015 · In this guest blog, Isa reflects on the recent rediscovery of tissue cut long ago from the heart of Phar Lap, and the potential offered by these two containers of organ parts and …

The Museum’s Phar Lap collection includes the personal photograph album of Phar Lap’s owner, David Davis. The album has 36 black and white photographs, documenting each of Phar Lap’s …

The word taxidermy comes from the Greek root words taxis (arrangement) and derma (skin), and literally means the arrangement of skin. Clearly, not all of Phar Lap’s remains fit this definition. …

Phar Lap-Bone and Phar Lap-Skin are accurate and analytical drawings of the exterior and skeletal structure rendered in charcoal and sombre tones on cement fibreboard.

Nov 6, 2023 · Much worshipped in life and in death, Phar Lap has occupied a unique place in the story of Australia's and New Zealand's evolving national identities. The posthumous division …

Much-worshipped in life and in death, Phar Lap has occupied a unique place in the story of Australia’s and New Zealand’s evolving national identities. The posthumous division and …

Apr 24, 2024 · In the Melbourne Museum, visitors can behold a lifelike representation of Phar Lap's skin, while his skeletal remains find a resting place in the New Zealand Museum, a nod …