Birla Science Museum

B. M. Birla Science Museum is an Indian science museum located in Hyderabad, India. Constructed by civil engineer P. A. Singaravelu, it comprises a planetarium, museum, science centre, art gallery as well as a dinosaurium.[1] The museum itself was the second phase of the science centre when it opened in 1990.[2] The centre also houses India's first private Space Museum. The museum is a unique facility which is dedicated to history of the space program of India. The space museum was inaugurated in July 2019 and was curated by Pranav Sharma.[3][4][5]

Birla Science Museum
Established1985
LocationHyderabad, India

Planetarium

The Birla Planetarium is a wing of the Science Centre. The planetarium was inaugurated by 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.[6] Its exhibits include a 160-million-year-old mounted Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis,[7] excavated at Adilabad district in Telangana and presented to the Science Museum by the Geological Survey of India. The Dinosaurium has a collection of smaller fossils of dinosaur eggs, marine shells and fossilised tree trunks. It also displays rare fossils of the kotasaurus from Lower Jurassic age.

See also

References
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  2. "Science Museum". Science Museum. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012.
  3. "A space traveller's tale". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. & (6 December 2019). "Birla Science Centre's Pranav Sharma gets REX Karmaveer Award". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 May 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. Thatipalli, Mallik (24 February 2020). "Science as a way of life". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  6. "Dinosaurium". Dinosaurium. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012.
  7. "Competition Science Vision". October 2000. Retrieved 12 January 2012.


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