Birla Science Museum
Established | 1985 |
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Location | Hyderabad, India |
B. M. Birla Science Museum is an Indian science museum located in Hyderabad, India. Constructed by civil engineer Mr. P. A. Singaravelu, it comprises a planetarium, museum, science center, art gallery as well as a dinosaurium.[1] The museum itself was the second phase of the science center when it opened in 1990.[2]
Planetarium
The Birla Planetarium is a wing of the Science Center. The planetarium was inaugurated by Mr. N.T. Rama Rao, on 8 September 1985 and is one of three Birla Planetariums in India. The others are the M.P. Birla Planetarium in Kolkata and B.M. Birla Planetarium in Chennai.
Dinosaurium
- Kotasauraus
- Kotasauraus adilabad
The Dinosaurium is the newest addition to the planetarium and science center and opened in 2000.[3] Its exhibits include a 160-million-year-old mounted Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis,[4] excavated at Adilabad district in Telangana and presented to the Science Museum by the Geological Survey of India. The Dinosaurium also has a collection of smaller fossils of dinosaur eggs, marine shells and fossilised tree trunks.The Dinosaurium was the next phase of the Centre. A unique Natural History Gallery, the Dinosaurium was dedicated to the nation in July 2000. It is a truly breathtaking facility which displays a rare and magnificent fossil of the Dinosaur, Kotasaurus, belonging to the Lower Jurassic age, going back to about 160 million years.
See also
References
- ↑ Let's Go India and Nepal, 8th Ed. 2003. p. 113. ISBN 0-312-32006-X.
- ↑ "Science Museum". Science Museum. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012.
- ↑ "Dinosaurium". Dinosaurium. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012.
- ↑ "Competition Science Vision". October 2000. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
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