Asia Album: Discover nature: Pakistan Museum of Natural History

Source: Xinhua| 2021-02-22 11:33:35|Editor: huaxia

People visit the Pakistan Museum of Natural History in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Feb. 21, 2021. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

ISLAMABAD, Feb. 22 -- Pakistan Museum of Natural History, established in 1976, is a public natural history museum located in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.

There are four sections in the museum, catering to earth sciences, botanical sciences, zoological sciences, and public services. The exhibits include fossils, animal specimens, plant specimens, rocks, gems, as well as life-sized sculptures of creatures that used to live on this soil thousands of years ago and are now extinct.

People visit the Pakistan Museum of Natural History in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Feb. 21, 2021. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

People visit the Pakistan Museum of Natural History in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Feb. 21, 2021. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

Children visit the Pakistan Museum of Natural History in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Feb. 21, 2021. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

A skeleton of a whale is displayed at the Pakistan Museum of Natural History in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Feb. 21, 2021. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

A man visits the Pakistan Museum of Natural History in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Feb. 21, 2021. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

People visit the Pakistan Museum of Natural History in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Feb. 21, 2021. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

People visit the Pakistan Museum of Natural History in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Feb. 21, 2021. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

People walk past a skeleton of a blue whale at the Pakistan Museum of Natural History in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Feb. 21, 2021. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

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