Hamedan Museum of Natural History

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The Hamedan Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum located in the Bu-Ali Sina University in Hamedan, north-western Iran.

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Fish Hall

The museum has several exhibition halls. The first hall of this museum is the Persian Gulf Hall, which houses a variety of bivalves, gastropods, snails, crustaceans, corals and sponges of the Persian Gulf. [1]

The second hall is dedicated to the insects and contains various insects of different kinds. This hall also houses the most beautiful butterflies found in Iran. [2]

The third hall is for mammals and birds, and the collection of birds and mammals of Iran, which have a special value and prestige, is placed in this hall. [3]

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