| National Museum of Natural History |
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| Inaugurated on 5th June 1978- World Environment
Day, National Museum of Natural History is located on Barakhamba
Road, opposite Embassy of Nepal in FICCI building easily recognized
by a large model of dinosaur. Established as an institution
to promote awareness on the natural heritage of India, the National
Museum of Natural History is the only place in the capital to
give detailed information about country's rich flora and fauna
and other environmental issues through exhibits. Educating while
entertaining, the museum has theme based galleries and hands-on
activity areas. |
| The first gallery of the museum presents an
introduction to the origin and evolution of life and presents
the variety and diversity of the flora and fauna of India. It
has sections presenting plants and animals in their natural
habitat, information about endangered animals, patterns, adaptation
and life cycle of terrestrial, aerial and aquatic animals and
pollination process in different types of flowers. The next
gallery of the museum gives an overview of the major ecosystem
of the world, issues concerning environmental hazards, food
chains, and inter-relationship between man, flora and fauna.
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| Throwing light on conservation, the third gallery
of the museum informs its importance through life size dioramas
and models. The whole process of deforestation, the need of
tropical rain forests, depletion of wildlife, the problem of
pollution and population are all well explained through a range
of intriguing exhibits. The pièce de résistance
of this gallery is the exhibit the attributing the contribution
of Bishnoi community of Rajasthan to conservation of flora and
fauna. |
| The fourth gallery of the museum is solely dedicated
to 'Cell', the structural and functional unit of life. It explains
the structure, functions, difference between plant and animal
cells and many other related issues through large displays and
models. |
| A must visit place for children and school students,
the museum has a large collection of fossils and stuffed animals
and birds apart from a Discovery Room, a Bio-Science Computer
Room, an Activity Room and a Mobile Museum. |
| The museum provides guided tours of the galleries
by Educational Assistants at 10:30 AM, 12:30 PM and 4:00 PM
every day. On special request, the museum authorities organize
useful interaction sessions for students and provide loan kits
to schools to enrich classroom teaching as well as Teacher Orientation
Programme. |
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