Chulalongkorn University Museum of Natural History main room

The Chulalongkorn University Museum of Natural History, founded in 1954, is operated by the

Chulalongkorn University Chulalongkorn University (CU, th, จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย, ), nicknamed Chula ( th, จุฬาฯ), is a public and autonomous research university in Bangkok, Thailand. The university was originally fo ...

's Faculty of Science in the Biology Building at the university's main campus in

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populati ...

, Thailand. The museum features exhibits of various (mainly zoological) organisms, including mounts of the endangered

white-eyed river martin The white-eyed river martin (''Pseudochelidon sirintarae'') is a passerine bird, one of only two members of the river martin subfamily of the swallows. Since it has significant differences from its closest relative, the African river martin, it ...

(Princess Sirindhorn bird). The majority of the museum's exhibits are housed in its main hall, with dedicated rooms featuring Thai turtles and softshells, insects and land snails. The museum publishes the ''Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University'', and has been a partner of the

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since 1976.

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Museum webpage
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Natural History Museum A natural history museum or museum of natural history is a scientific institution with natural history collections that include current and historical records of animals, plants, fungi, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, climatology, and more. ...

Natural history museums in Thailand University museums in Thailand Museums in Bangkok Museums established in 1954 1954 establishments in Thailand

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