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Museums |
Natural
History Museum
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Iran: Tehran |
Address:
No. 9, Qa'em-Magam St., Karim
Khan Zand Ave., Tehran, Iran.
Tel: (0098-21) 833-498
Visiting hours: 7-12; 13-15; Saturday to Wednesday.
Type of Museum: Natural History
Type of objects: Natural specimens pertaining to geology,
zoology, botany, fossils of plants and animals.
This Museum, established in 1987, is located on the former
premises of the environment preservation organization. Its four floors
are arranged to display the existing fauna and flora in a
chronological order.
Ground floor: Evolutionary process of the earth, plants and
animals.
First floor: Evolution of the earth in solar system,
apparition of life on earth, various biomes, alongside samples of
plants living in Iran.
Second floor: Birds, insects, reptiles also eye-catching
collection of Butterfly.
Third
floor: Numerous specimens of mammals from the various continents,
scientifically classified; also skeleton of alligator from Persian
Gulf.
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