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| location = Paryavaran Parisar E-5, Arera Colony, Bhopal, India<br />
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The '''Regional Museum of Natural History, Bhopal''' is a branch of the [[National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi]], located in the Environment Complex on Shahpura Lake in [[Bhopal]].<ref name="ode">{{Cite news |date=2019-06-24 |title=Bhopal: An ode to the place where history is preserved |language=en |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/bhopal-an-ode-to-the-place-where-history-is-preserved |access-date=2021-11-11}}</ref> The [[museum]] was inaugurated on 29 September 1997,<ref>{{cite web|title= National Museum of Natural History - About Us |url=http://nmnh.nic.in/aboutus.htm |website=nmnh.nic.in |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510163827/http://www.nmnh.nic.in/aboutus.htm |archivedate=2015-05-10 }}</ref> by the then Minister of Environment and Forests of India, [[Saifuddin Soz]]. The program was chaired by the then [[Chief Minister]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Digvijaya Singh]]. <br />
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The museum's collection tells the story of the interactions between humans and the natural world, specifically in Central India, and its galleries are accompanied by transcripts, translations and audio tours and include a replica of a [[Rajasaurus]] skull.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-09-17 |title=Photos: Ancient India through a geologist's eyes |language=en |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/photos/ht-weekend/photos-ancient-india-through-a-geologist-s-eyes-101631812959712.html |access-date=2021-11-11}}</ref><ref name="ode"/><br />
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[[File:Regional Museum Of Natural History ,Bhopal front view-1.jpg|thumb|Regional Museum Of Natural History, Bhopal front view]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi]]<br />
* [[List of destroyed heritage]]<br />
* [[Rajiv Gandhi Regional Museum of Natural History|Rajiv Gandhi Regional Museum of Natural History, Sawai Madhopur]]<br />
* [[Regional Museum of Natural History, Bhubaneswar]]<br />
* [[Regional Museum of Natural History Mysore|Regional Museum of Natural History, Mysore]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* http://nmnh.nic.in/bhopal.htm<br />
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[[Category:Natural history museums in India]]</div>Ajay Kumar