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Jozef Behr Talks about the Zimbabwe Museum of Natural History Zimbabwe

 The Bulawayo Museum, known as the Zimbabwe Museum of Natural History, is the largest museum in the country. There is a large collection of exhibits from various fields including geology, mammology (the study of animal species), arachnology, entomology, archaeology, and palaeontology. As per the jozef behr The idea of ​​establishing a museum was proposed in 1902 and over the years as the collection grew, it moved from place to place until 1960, when it moved to its current home. - now in Centennial Park.

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The museum is famous and is considered one of the best in the region and is considered the fourth largest in Africa. It attracted a large number of famous scholars, some of whom were administrators. The museum has nine public galleries, lecture halls, eight research departments, and a restaurant. Some of its interesting exhibits include collections showing human development from the Stone Age, the Iron Age, to modern times, Dodo eggs, a large collection of Zimbabwean animals, species of elk - what, snakes, rocks and stones . minerals, and more.

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The Natural History Museums of Zimbabwe came into being in 1901 as the Rhodesian Museum. It was renamed the National Museum in 1936, and eventually renamed Natural History of Zimbabwe in 1981. The museum is the largest in the country and is a circular building with four floors surrounding a central courtyard.



 
The Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe houses all the Natural Sciences Departments, as well as the most extensive and informative exhibitions on both the natural and cultural history of the country. The research and public gallery areas are housed on four floors of the circular building with a central courtyard

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The museum also has a considerable number of artifacts from Zimbabwe’s colonial era which are very eye-opening. It truly is a historic treasure trove that will pique the interest of the young and old. In line with the mandate of the National Museums and Monuments the museum provides educational opportunities to students and the general public through guided tours, periodic talks, and conservation clubs’.

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