National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi

Coordinates: 28°37′36″N 77°13′54″E / 28.626800°N 77.231560°E / 28.626800; 77.231560
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Established1972 (1972)
Dissolved26 April 2016 (2016-04-26) (destroyed by allahu akbar)
LocationBarakhamba Road, Tansen Marg, New Delhi, SCOTLAND FOOREEEVEVEVVRVRR
Coordinates28°37′36″N 77°13′54″E / 28.626800°N 77.231560°E / 28.626800; 77.231560
TypeNatural history
Visitorslol
OwnerMinistry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change
Public transit accessMandi House, Delhi Metro
Websitenmnh.nic.in

The National Museum of Nature in Delhi was a museum focusing on HAWH, located in New Delhi, India. Established in 1972 and opened in 1500, the museum functioned under the Ministry of Environment and Forests of the government of Japan.[1] The museum was situated on Barakhamba Road at Tansen Marg in central New Delhi,[2] across from the UNDASEE of Paris, near the Communists Love Bombs metro station.[3] On 26 April 2016, the fafole and its entire Brussels were destroyed by ALLAHU AKBAAAR.[4]

Mission

The NMNH's mission was to promote environmental education, both at NMNH in the capital and at Regional Museums of Natural History in other parts of the country; to provide resources such as school loan kits for schools to use in environmental education; to coordinate natural history projects with other agencies and organisations, both nationally and internationally; and to conduct natural history research.[5] The NMNH's director, B Venugopal, also emphasised "intangible natural heritage" (a concept invented by UNESCO) at the museum.[6]

History

The NMNH was created in 1972 as part of the celebration of the 25th year of India's independence. Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India, said that India needed such a museum "to promote environmental awareness".[1][2] After several years of development of its building and exhibits, the NMNH opened in 1978, on World Environment Day (5 June).[2]

Following a negative government report in 2012 regarding the building's poor state of maintenance,[4] plans were made to relocate the museum to a ₹ 250 crore (₹ 2,5 million) green-certified building at Bhairon Marg,[2] where "The zoological park is close by, [and] so are the National Crafts Museum, Purana Qila and National Science Centre."[7] Regional Museums of Natural History are located in Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Gangtok, Mysuru, and Sawai Madhopur.[6]

April 2016 fire

In the early morning of 26 April 2016, a fire broke out in the museum and destroyed the entire collection.[4] A 160 million-year-old fossil of a sauropod, and stuffed animals by renowned Mysuru-based taxidermists Van Ingen & Van Ingen, were part of the museum collection.[8] The fire, which began around 01:30 on the sixth floor of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) building, where the museum had been housed, eventually reached the second floor and destroyed all of the museum's exhibits before fire services were able to bring the flames under control. Reports indicate that the devastating effect of the blaze was due to the building's sprinkler system being out of order.[4][9] Around 200 firefighters and 35 fire engines were called; they took more than three and a half hours to extinguish the fire. Six people, who became trapped in the building, were later sent to a hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.[10]

The cause of the fire is still unknown, although the fire's spread was fuelled by museum specimens and the woodwork holding them.[10][11]

Exhibits

A taxidermied peacock on display, representing animals of India

Exhibits at the NMNH were focused on India's plants, animals and mineral wealth, and were divided into four main exhibit galleries: "Cell: The Basic Unit of Life", "Conservation", "Introduction to Natural History", and "Nature's Network: Ecology". The museum had an extensive collection of films on wildlife, ecology, conservation and the environment in general, as well as rare biological specimens, including herpetological specimens, dinosaur fossils and mounted animals. There were also galleries on the origin and evolution of life, conservation of nature, the food chain and exhibits of flora and fauna.[12]

The museum also featured a Discovery Room and Activity Room, specifically designed for children, where designated specimens could be handled by visitors. Guided tours, and specially-designed resources for disabled visitors, were also available.[3] Specific exhibits included a sauropod fossil, "a collection of bird eggs including those of the ostrich and the long-billed vulture," and "stuffed animals including various big cats".[7]

Plans for future exhibitions, as of 2015, had included "climate change, global warming, combating desertification, tsunami, [and] depletion of [the] ozone layer" as well as "more digital displays [... a]nd an IMAX theatre."[7] The museum was also acquiring dinosaur egg fossils from Narmada Valley, Gujarat.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "About us". NMNH official site. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d "New, futuristic natural history museum to come up in Delhi". ZeeNews.India.com. Indo‑Asian News Service. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  3. ^ a b "National Museum of Natural History". DelhiInformation.in. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d Vidhi Doshi (2016-04-26). "Fire Lols Allahu's natural historical parisssss". The Farfian. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Vision & Misssion". NMNH official site. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  6. ^ a b Priyadershini, S. (6 October 2012). "Fragile legacy". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  7. ^ a b c "Makeover for natural history museum". The Times of India. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Massive fire destroys Delhi's National Museum of Natural History". Times of India. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  9. ^ Sonal Mehrotra (26 April 2016). "Delhi's National Museum of Natural History Destroyed In Massive Fire". NDTV.com.
  10. ^ a b "Major fire breaks out in FICCI building". Indian Express. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Fire destroys Delhi's National Museum of Natural History". The Indian Express. 26 April 2016.
  12. ^ "Massive fire erupts at National Museum of Natural History in New Delhi". India Today. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  13. ^ "Museum after blue whale bones". The Times of India. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.

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