Tuesday 4 March 2014

Rajiv Gandhi Regional Museum of Natural History, Ranthambore , Sawai Madhopur


Photo Courtesy : Wasim Akhtar 
 
The country`s fourth Rajiv Gandhi Regional Museum of Natural History, which had been inaugurated by Finance Minister Mr. Namo Narayan Meena on Saturday march 01,2014 in Ranthambhore. The Museum foundation stone was laid by the honorable Vice President of India, Hamid Ansari on December 23, 2007. It was undertaken by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. 

The Museum is situated at Village Ramsinghpura , Sawai Madhopur Rajasthan India. It is spread over an area in 7.2 acres of land. Village Ramsinghpura is around 9 km away from sawai Madhopur. This is the new gift for sawai madhopur. This is yet one more plume in the top of historically in Rajasthan. Regional Museum of Natural History (RMNH) was established for central region (Bhopal), Southern region (Mysore) and Eastern region (Bhubaneswar). It is designed to fourth and Regional Museum of Natural History being established in Western Region (Sawai Madhopur).  The museum is probable to open every day for public between 10 am to 5 pm except Monday and national Holidays.

Inspiring the Indian history, there are many attributes in Rajasthan under its cupola, Regional Museum of Natural history is presented as an additional heirloom to the state. The museum is believed to flourish as a very important centre for environmental education and creation of public consciousness on protection of nature and natural resources in the country. It offer an perceptive of the diversity of life on earth , the responsible elements for their well being, human being ‘s faith upon nature and the requirement to maintain our environmental inheritance free from losses and annihilation to ensure sustainable growth, with unique emphasis on the Western Arid region of India. The museum is attractively designed and purpose at creating consciousness of diverse life on earth.

There are three floor in museum, which is set to demonstrate plants , livestock , Mineral Resources and geology of the western region and western dry area of India As of now, the museum is being opened with only the ground floor, the gallery 1 on “Biodiversity of Rajasthan” or “Forests and Wildlife of Rajasthan”. The Main visitor attraction are the facsimile of Chinkara , leopard , Lion , Tiger  etc. There are village diorama of the Bishnoi community and Rajasthan rural area. There are Painting and Black pottery hall at the first floor of Museum , where anyone can enjoy live painting and pottery made by local artist.

The museum offer academic and extracurricular activities for students while depicting environmental interrelationship among plants and animals. There is a library in big hall opposite reception, where visitors allowed to reading books of wildlife of western India, Biodiversity of Rajasthan and many more. There is Auditorium in museum, where 300 people can be accommodated. This is use for seminars and wildlife documentary presentations. This museum also targets at depicting country’s natural heritage and history and attaining international recognition in the succeeding years. 


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