Museums In India

Regional Museum Of Natural History Mysore

This Regional Museum of Natural History is converted from a single museum that is situated in New Delhi. This Regional Museum of Natural History has various branches in various parts of country like Eastern Region that is Bhubaneshwar, in Bhopal that is central region, in Mysore that is southern region etc. In the western region that is SawaiMadhopur and North-East region that is Gangtok, more two museums were established.

History

The former Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi makes the origin of this NMNH who brings various new projects in year 1972 on the 25th anniversary of independence of India occasion. Firstly, this NMNH is inaugurated on 5th June 1978 in a building that is taken on rent for the public visiting and that day is coincidentally the World Environment Day also.

Facilities

Educational Programmes

This program is divided into various portions as extension, interpretation, out-reach, and in-reach program. In the gallery of the museum, services provided meant as interpretation programmes. For the schools that reach the museum earlier also, there is a program provided outside that is named as extension program. For the people who cannot able to reach the museum, so special service of out-reach program is provided. There is also a service of in-reach program that is provided to those people who do not came to the museum.

Vacation Programmes

Many special programs including out-reach, in-reach, and nature camps were organized by this museum at the time of winter and summer vacations. Various other programs that contained discussion sessions, analysis and observation of problems of pollution in the urban areas, project assignments, museum studies, nature explorations, also ecosystem exposure of wild life sanctuary were also organized in this museum.

Programme for Children with different Abilities

To explore the various abilities in the children and their needs related to locomotion, mind, speech and hearing, and ability of vision, various programmes on education basis also organized by this museum. There were some guided tours also included by this museum with programmes like Touch, Feel, and Learn along with Braille materials, and use of audio-aids etc.

Teacher Orientation Workshops

In such programmes, some workshops were arranged for the teachers so that they are aware of the resource material of the museum that help them to teach in a classroom on such matter.

Film Shows

In the Auditorium of the museum on third floor, film shows were arranged every day for the public starting from 11:00 AM and 3: 00 PM.

Information services/ Library

In the library, books related to ecology, wildlife, natural history were available.  Students and researchers used these books for reference or project work.

Exhibitions

There were 3 galleries of exhibits in the NMNH of New Delhi.

Gallery 1

The Gallery #1 is related to the “Introduction of Natural History” that symbolizes the flora and fauna diversity and various varieties along with evolution and origin of life in the country. The topics such as establishment of life, their evidences, and sequence of evolution were shown in this presentation. In another section of the gallery, topics related to the animal and plants, their habitat, camouflage, benefits and harm of the insects, use of the plants, pollination of the flowers, endangered animals, aerial and aquatic life, and adaptation of the terrestrial etc were shown.

Gallery 2

The Gallery #2 is related to the “Nature's Network that is system of Ecology” that symbolizes the food chain, plants as primary producers, ecosystem of the world, plants interrelationship, wildlife depletion, deforestation, decomposition, pollution problem, human beings and plants, food chain, food web, and biogeochemical cycles etc were shown.

Gallery 3

The Gallery #3 is related to conversation that describes the nature conservation. The forests diorama shows two views in a contrasting way that is forest ecosystem that is rich and balanced and other one is barren terrain, denuded and deforested. Due to the uprooting of the trees by the human being, there is quick deforestation of the forests through exploitation of plantation.

Temporary Exhibitions

These are the exhibitions that are managed by the museum from time to time on the 4th floor of the museum. These exhibitions were also managed outside the museum temporary. In the outer countries such Japan, USSR, USA, these exhibitions in the form of festival of India were shown from the department of Ministry of Forests and Environment.

How to Reach

Siddharth Nagar, Indira Venkalinga Layout Mysore, Karnataka 570019, India

+91 821 244 7046

Timings and Ticket Prices

About Galleries

Tuesday to Sunday

10.00 A.M. to 5.00 P.M.

MONDAY CLOSED

About Discovery Room And Activity Room

Tuesday to Sunday

10.30 A.M. to 12.00 Noon and 2.30 P.M. to 3.30 P.M.

Monday Closed

Photo Gallery