Bogor Zoology Museum, Natural history museum in Bogor, Indonesia.
The Bogor Zoology Museum is a natural history museum in Pabaton, Bogor, Indonesia, specializing in the country's wildlife. The collection includes mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and insects housed in climate-controlled rooms, offering an overview of the archipelago's biodiversity.
The institution was founded in 1894 during Dutch colonial rule as an agricultural laboratory and later expanded its collection through field research across Indonesia. In 1912, the facility became the site of the first scientific documentation of the Komodo dragon, a discovery that gained worldwide attention.
The building preserves part of the colonial-era natural history tradition and today serves as a reference point for researchers and students studying the archipelago's wildlife. School groups often visit to learn about native species and develop a closer connection to the nature of their homeland.
The museum sits beside the main entrance of the Bogor Botanical Gardens on Jalan Ir. H. Juanda. The exhibition rooms are kept at a constant 22 °C, so bring a layer if you feel the cold. The scientific collection building in Cibinong opens to the public only once a year, in October.
Part of the collection includes specimens gathered in the late 19th century that are now rarely found in the wild. Some of these old preparations show techniques no longer used in modern taxidermy and offer a window into the history of natural history itself.
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