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Walter’s obsession with collecting specimens was evident even in his youth. Recognizing his unwavering dedication, his family gifted him a suitable museum building on the edge of Tring Park for his twenty-first birthday. This modest structure became the seed of what would grow into one of the world’s most significant private natural history collections. By 1892, the "Rothschild Zoological Museum" opened its doors to the public, initially housed in that simple garden shed before expanding into a major institution. Walter employed a network of 400 collectors worldwide to gather the rarest and most bizarre specimens from over 48 countries, transforming his collection into what resembled a modern-day Noah’s Ark—an extraordinary repository of life’s diversity.