National Museum of
Natural History (NMNH)
· NMNH
was established on 5th June 1978 and headquarter is located at New Delhi.
· It
is a national museum established for depicting natural history of flora, fauna and mineral wealth of India to
provide an facility for education of children and to promote environmental
awareness among the masses.
· The
branches of NMNH are spread all over the country from south to north and east
to west.
The objectives of the
National Museum of Natural History are:
· To develop the
NMNH in the country's Capital to achieve the highest level of quality to
promote environmental education on a national level.
· To undertake
research (musicological and collection based) consonant with the scope and
resources of the museum.
· To extend
professional help to other agencies/organizations regarding natural history
collections / museums.
· To develop
national and international cooperation/collaboration with other
organizations/professional bodies/museums related to natural history/EE.
· To develop
museum-based educational projects at the level so as to help school curriculum
on environmental education (EE).
· To develop EE
resource materials (such as audio-visual aids, low-cost teaching aids, school
loan kits, etc.) to promote environmental education (EE).
· To develop
Regional offices (regional museum of natural history) in various regions of the
country in order to extend its activities at the regional/local levels.
*******