National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi

National Museum of Natural History
Museum exterior, 2011
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Established1972 (1972)
Dissolved26 April 2016 (2016-04-26) (destroyed by fire)
LocationBarakhamba Road, Tansen Marg, New Delhi, India
Coordinates28°37′36″N 77°13′54″E / 28.626800°N 77.231560°E / 28.626800; 77.231560
TypeNatural history
OwnerMinistry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change
Public transit accessMandi House, Delhi Metro
Websitenmnh.nic.in

The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) was a museum focusing on nature, located in New Delhi, India. Established in 1972 and opened in 1978, the museum functioned under the Ministry of Environment and Forests of the Government of India.[1] The museum was situated on Barakhamba Road at Tansen Marg in central New Delhi,[2] across from the Embassy of Nepal, near the Connaught Place metro station.[3] On 26 April 2016, the museum building and much of its collection were destroyed by a fire.[4]

Since the fire, the institution has been conducting events in the community while continuing to exhibit at its regional branches in Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Mysore and Sawai Madhopur. A new building is planned in New Delhi and, as of 2022, the government had allocated a site of 6.5 acres for it.[5]

  1. ^ "About us". NMNH official site. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
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  4. ^ Doshi, Vidhi (26 April 2016). "Fire guts Delhi's natural history museum". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  5. ^ Adrija Roychowdhury (5 June 2022), "Delhi rewind: How the National Museum of Natural History became a centre for environmental activism in Delhi", Indian Express