Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Natural history museum in Islamabad, Pakistan
The Pakistan Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum in Islamabad organized into four main sections. It focuses on botany, earth sciences, zoology, and operates educational programs for visitors of all ages.
The institution was founded in 1976 under the Pakistan Science Foundation. Over the decades it has accumulated more than 600,000 specimens that document the country's natural diversity.
The museum displays the range of plant and animal life found across Pakistan through its galleries. Visitors can observe how nature varies across different regions of the country.
The museum is open daily except Fridays and offers guided tours through its exhibition halls. Visitors should plan enough time to explore the different collections at a comfortable pace.
The museum preserves a 40-foot whale shark specimen acquired in 2012 that ranks among the country's largest marine exhibits. This preservation draws regular interest from visitors curious about deep-sea life.
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