Pakistan Museum of Natural History
Pakistan Museum of Natural History, established in 1976, is a public natural history museum situated in Islamabad, the federal capital of Pakistan. It has exhibits and galleries which display and provide information about the ecology, geology, and paleontology of the country.Photo: Khalid Mahmood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lok Virsa Museum and Pakistan Monument.
Lok Virsa Museum
Museum
Photo: Khalid Mahmood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Heritage Museum, also known as Lok Virsa Museum, is a museum of history and culture located in the Shakarparian Hills of Islamabad, Pakistan. It is administered by the National Institute of Folk & Traditional Heritage. Lok Virsa Museum is situated 390 metres northwest of Pakistan Museum of Natural History.
Pakistan Monument
Monument
Photo: Muh.Ashar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Pakistan Monument is a national monument and heritage museum located on the western portion of the Shakarparian Hills in Islamabad, Pakistan. The monument was constructed to symbolise the unity of the Pakistani people; and is dedicated to those who sacrificed their "today" for a better "tomorrow". Pakistan Monument is situated 1 km northwest of Pakistan Museum of Natural History.
Shakarparian
Nature reserve
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shakarparian is a hill and a national park located near the Zero Point Interchange in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan Monument and Pakistan Monument Museum are also located in Shakarparian.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Islamabad and Chak Shāhdād.
Islamabad
Photo: Mustafajp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
A modern planned city that is well-maintained and well-organised, Islamabad is Pakistan's clean, calm, and green capital. Founded in the 1960s, it attracts people from all over Pakistan, and hosts a large number of diplomats, politicians and government employees, making it one of the nation's most cosmopolitan and urbanized cities.
Chak Shāhdād
Village
Chak Shahzad, is a modern suburb situated in the Islamabad Capital Territory of Pakistan. Historically, the suburb was home to Malik, Chowdhury, Sheikh and Raja tribesmen, but recently has seen a growth in farmhouses of the rich and wealthy from nearby Islamabad, including that of federal minister Muhammad Talha Mahmood, Pervez Musharraf, Makhdoom Ameen Faheem, Prof. Chak Shāhdād is situated 5 km east of Pakistan Museum of Natural History.
Satellite Town
Suburb
Satellite Town is a neighbourhood locality and a Union Council Of Rawalpindi City of Rawalpindi District in Punjab, Pakistan. It is located close to the capital city Islamabad. Satellite Town is situated 5 km south of Pakistan Museum of Natural History.
Pakistan Museum of Natural History
- Type: Museum
- Description: natural history museum in Capital Territory, Pakistan
- Categories: natural history museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Islamabad, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
33.68653° or 33° 41′ 12″ northLongitude
73.07611° or 73° 4′ 34″ eastOpen location code
8J5MM3PG+JCOpenStreetMap ID
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tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q2046672
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Urdu—“Pakistan Museum of Natural History” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “পাকিস্তান প্রাকৃতিক ইতিহাস জাদুঘর”
- Dutch: “Pakistan Museum of Natural History”
- Esperanto: “Pakistana Muzeo pri Natura Historio”
- French: “Musée d’histoire naturelle du Pakistan”
- German: “Pakistan Museum of Natural History”
- German: “Pakistanisches Museum der Naturkunde”
- Italian: “Museo di storia naturale del Pakistan”
- Russian: “Пакистанский музей естествознания”
- Sindhi: “پاڪستان ميوزيم آف نيچرل هسٽري”
- Urdu: “پاکستان میوزیم آف نیچرل ہسٹری”
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