The Kuwait Science and Natural History Museum is a

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

Safat Safat Square ( ar, ساحة الصفاة ) is a major historical commercial square in Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It ...

Kuwait City Kuwait City ( ar, مدينة الكويت) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economical centre of the emirate, ...

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

, located on Abdullah Al-Mobarak Street. The museum is operated and managed by the Ministry of Education.

History and profile

The museum was opened in 1972. It explores the country's technological and scientific progress and it contains artifacts and demonstrations of the

Petroleum industry in Kuwait The petroleum industry in Kuwait is the largest industry in the country, accounting nearly half of the country's GDP. Kuwait has proven crude oil reserves of 104 billion barrels (15 km³), estimated to be 9% of the world's reserves. oil reser ...

. It is a member of the International Council of Museums. The museum is organized in the following departments: Natural history department, space science department, planetarium, electronics department, machinery department, zoology department, aviation department and a health hall.

References

External links

Official website
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