Regional Museum of Natural History, Bhopal

Regional Museum of Natural History, Bhopal

RMNH, Bhopal
Established	29 September 1997
Location	Paryavaran Parisar E-5, Arera Colony, Bhopal, India
Coordinates	23°12′49″N77°25′34″E / 23.213743°N 77.426155°E / 23.213743; 77.426155
Type	Natural history
Visitors	7,000 Per Month Approximately
Director	Dr. Manoj Kumar Sharma, Scientist-In-charge
Owner	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Public transit access	SR8 (Bus)
Website	nmnh.nic.in/bhopal.htm

The Regional Museum of Natural History, Bhopal, is a branch of the National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi, located in the Environment Complex on Shahpura Lake in Bhopal. ^[1] The museum was inaugurated on 29 September 1997, ^[2] by the then Minister of Environment and Forests of India, Saifuddin Soz. The program was chaired by the then Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Digvijaya Singh.

The museum's collection tells the story of the interactions between humans and the natural world, specifically in Central India, and its galleries are accompanied by transcripts, translations and audio tours and include a replica of a Rajasaurus skull. ^{[3] [1]}

Regional Museum Of Natural History, Bhopal front view

See also

• National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi
• List of destroyed heritage
• Rajiv Gandhi Regional Museum of Natural History, Sawai Madhopur
• Regional Museum of Natural History, Bhubaneswar
• Regional Museum of Natural History, Mysore

References

1. "Bhopal: An ode to the place where history is preserved". 24 June 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. "National Museum of Natural History - About Us". nmnh.nic.in. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015.
3. "Photos: Ancient India through a geologist's eyes". 17 September 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

External links

• http://nmnh.nic.in/bhopal.htm