One massive puzzle.

A timelapse has been released of the construction of the now named ‘Otto’, the 24-metre Blue Whale skeleton at the new Western Australia Museum.

Otto will take centre stage as visitors to the new museum will be able to walk under the entire 24-metre skeleton. Plus visitors will be able to walk along a walkway at eye-level, giving a new perspective on the one of WA museum’s most iconic object.

Watch: Construction of Otto

Source: Mark McGowan

How did Otto make it to the WA Museum?

The blue whale washed ashore at the mouth of the Vasse River near Busselton in 1897 and it took three years for the Museum’s taxidermist Otto Lipfert to prepare the bones for display. Hence why the name Otto for this iconic work.

Watch: Fly through – Meet Otto!

The new Western Australia museum is set to open in November 2020.