Pakistan Museum of Natural History

Pakistan Museum of Natural History
Entrance to the museum
Location of the museum in Pakistan
Established	1976
Location	Garden Avenue, Shakar Parian, Islamabad, Capital Territory, Pakistan
Type	Museum of natural history
Collection size	>300,000^[1]
Director	Syed Azhar Hasan
Website	www.pmnh.gov.pk

Pakistan Museum of Natural History, established in 1976, is a public museum of natural history situated in Islamabad, the federal capital of Pakistan.^[2] It has exhibits and galleries which display and provide information about the ecology, geology and palaeontology of the country. Currently, the museum houses a collection of over 300,000 objects.^[1] The museum also acts as research center and works closely with the Lok Virsa Museum. The museum is open to public everyday, except for Friday, from 10 am to 5 pm.^[3] The museum is managed by the Pakistan Science Foundation, Ministry of Science and Technology.^[2]

1 Exhibits
2 Notable staff
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

Exhibits

Biological gallery displays and discusses wild flora and fauna portrayed in their respective habitats.^[2]
Ecological gallery is an educational section where ecological cycles, habitats and environmental problems are discussed through visuals and audios.^[2]
Gemstones gallery shows a variety of gems in raw as well as cut and polished forms.
Palaeontology gallery displays fossils along with their studies. Anthropology is also discussed through paintings and writings - including a skull of Australopithecus. Wall paintings depict the pre-historic era.^[3]
Tethys gallery provides information about oceanology, petrology, pedology and mineralogy of Pakistan. It displays three-dimensional diorama of seascapes as well as a skeleton of a whale. Different aspects of Salt Range are also studied in detail.^[3]

Notable staff

Syed Azhar Hasan - Director
Muhammad Akhtar Javed - Senior operational manager
Botanical sciences department
- Muhammad Khan Leghari - Curator
- Saleem Ahmed - Curator
- Muhammad Ibrar Shinwari - Associate curator
- Muhammad Ismail Bhatti - Associate curator
Geological sciences department
- Nayyer Iqbal - Curator
- Abdul Rehim Rajpar - Curator
- Ghazala Roohi - Curator
- Hamid Dawood Akbar - Curator
Zoological sciences department
- Nasim ahmad khan - Senior taxidermist
  - - Muhammad Rafique - Curator'
- Khalid Mahmood - Associate curator
  - Mirza Habib Ali - Associate curator

References

^ ^a ^b (Urdu) Hussain, Rubab (November 5, 2010). "Pakistan Museum of Natural History – SAMAA VIDEO". careers.samaa.tv (Islamabad: SAMAA TV). http://careers.samaa.tv/NewsVideos.aspx?NVID=27496. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Introduction - Pakistan Museum of Natural History". pmnh.gov.pk. http://www.pmnh.gov.pk/htm/history.html. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c Tausif, Gulrukh (March 20, 2010). "Photo feature: Pakistan Museum of Natural History". news.dawn.com (Islamabad: Dawn News). http://news.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/in-paper-magazine/young-world/pakistan-museum-of-natural-history-030. Retrieved November 22, 2010.

External links

Galleries

Gallery at pakiology.com
Gallery at official Facebook page

Museums in Pakistan

Archaeological and historical	Bahawalpur Museum Chakdara Museum Harappa Museum Lahore Museum Moenjodaro Museum Multan Museum National Museum of Pakistan Peshawar Museum Saidu Sharif Museum Sindh Museum Taxila Museum

Archives	National Archives of Pakistan

Art	Fakir Khana Mohatta Palace National Art Gallery

Biographical	Iqbal Manzil Wazir Mansion

Heritage	Lok Virsa Museum

Natural history	Pakistan Museum of Natural History Quetta Geological Museum

Transport	PAF Museum Pakistan Maritime Museum Pakistan Railways Heritage Museum

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Pakistan topics

Basic topics · Alphabetical index of topics

History

Ancient

Stone age • Soanian • Mehrgarh • Indus Valley • Indo-Aryan • Achaemenid • Greco-Bactrian • Maurya • Gandhara • Indo-Greek • Indo-Scythian • Indo-Parthian • Kushan • Indo-Sassanid

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Pakistan Museum of Natural History

Contents

Exhibits

Notable staff

See also

References

External links