The animals in the diorama were all collected by Percy Powell-Cotton during a series of shooting trips to the region in the 1890s.The Kashmir diorama was the first large-scale exhibit to be built within the Powell-Cotton Museum. Completed in 1905 it represented a mountain scene in Ladakh, a region in the north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
The arrangement of the animals shows the difficulty of adapting to the harsh mountain environment. Some have winter coats to protect them from the cold. Others have adapted their hooves to balance on the high mountain passes. When the diorama was completed in 1905 it brought a little known part of the world to Kent. It is believed to be the oldest untouched diorama in the UK.
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