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Natureshop

ved Orla Hedegaard

Recovering flooded
natural history collections

Check our emergency
What to do now?
page.

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Orla Hedegaard, corporate profile

The company was founded by Orla Hedegaard in 1943, and became one Europe's leading suppliers of stuffed animals, skulls, and educational specimens. Major developments in the history of the company include:
  • 1974-today: Restoration of over 230 natural history collections in schools and museums, including important historic collections and individual specimens.
  • 1964-today: Design and construction of exhibits and natural history show pieces.
  • 1963: Introduce natural history souvenirs for sale in Danish museums and zoos.
  • 1943-1965: Leading supplier of alcohol specimens, boxed educational sets, and stuffed animals for schools and universities.
  • 1955-1976: Develop polyester casting of fish, and promote casts for display and education.
  • 1943-1955: Refine cleaning of skulls to preserve even microscopic structures, and degreasing whale bone.
We are always happy to provide references.		 Orla Hedegaard, founder
Orla Hedegaard, founder and president.

Headquarters in Ronde, Denmark
Headquarters in Rønde, Denmark.

Products and Services

Reaching this page, there is a good chance you need restoration of a natural history collection, but you may also wish to consider additional products and services:
  • We have restored over 230 collections of stuffed animals, skulls, minerals, fossils, insects, alcohol specimens, etc. We have hands-on experience with probably every mode of preservation applied the past 200 years, and most organisms finding their way into even comprehensive reference collections - a total of more than 80,000 specimens. The collections include the 'hopeless' task restoring the collections of Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum after the 1985 floods, as well as the antique collection at Herlufsholm School. Do check our emergency specimen preservation guide if your collection has been flooded.

  • We design and produce displays for museums and general interest, ranging in volume from a single specimen or display case to over 6,000 square meter. We have staff, able to produce professionally well-founded displays, esthetic design, and good craftsmanship.

  • We supply display specimens, ranging from dinosaur models over remarkable fossils to rare and elusive stuffed birds. Note, all specimens supplied are from legal sources, chiefly old collections, accompanied by CITES certificates if and when needed.

  • We can equip and supply a new souvenir shop, literally at moments notice.

All of this can swiftly bring your museum back to operation. We always work with the staff at an institution. You are the customer, you know what you wish to achieve, and we will get you there. We believe old natural history collections are irreplaceable resources, that should be preserved due to scientific and historic value.

Contact us for offers on restoration and design of exhibits.

Whale in progress
Whale in progress.

Dead elephant
Yes, we do elephants.

Ferdinandeum, flooded 1985
Ferdinandeum, flooded 1985.

Final touches added to fish
Finishing touches added to fish.

Souvenir shop
Minerals and fossils for souvenir shop.

Wet books
Wet books at the Ferdinandeum, 1985.

 We outsource a few things, rather than do them ourselves:
  • Restore books, periodicals, and documents. Contact your local university library.
  • Replenish or replace libraries; we will be glad to direct you to leading suppliers of second-hand natural history books, who are dedicated to replenish libraries.
  • Restore furniture and cabinets. But we gladly direct you to leading suppliers of specimen cabinets and supplies.

Contact us

We welcome informal contacts. If your collection has been damaged, and you just need a piece of advise, feel free to contact us at
Orla Hedegaard
Strandvejen 2a
8410 Ronde
Denmark
Tel. +45 86871400
Fax +45 86871922
irrespective of how far you are in the process of salvage. We are delighted to offer free advise, that may facilitate your work. Subsequently, we will be delighted to place an offer for restoring your collection.

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