The Dead Zoo

SYNOPSIS

In 2020, the Natural History Museum in Dublin closed to have a new roof fitted, but first curators had to figure out what to do with the two enormous whale skeletons that had hung from the ceiling since the 1890s. This documentary follows Nigel Monaghan and Paolo Viscardi as they took on this enormous task in the depths of lockdown, using all their skills, as well as saws, drills and other unlikely tools over a six-month period to disassemble the two skeletons. Narrated by Brendan Gleeson