The Natural History Museum of Isfahan, Iran, is located in a building that dates from the 15th century Timurid era. The building includes large halls and a veranda which are decorated by muqarnas and stucco.' This building became a museum in 1988. Natural History MuseumIran: Isfahan
Halls The museum has seven halls: Guidance hall Invertebrates hall, containing: Unicellular organisms, sponges, corals, echinoderms, mollusca, arthropods, insects, and seashells. Botany hall has different kinds of flowering plants, whole plants, medicinal plants, and tree trunks. Geology hall contains all constituents of the Earth's solid crust, including minerals, crystals, ore, and sedimentary rocks. Hall of physical geography and map of geology, plants, animals, ... Natural History Museum of IsfahanA Story of Nature Vertebrates hall contains different kinds of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, which are kept as taxidermy specimens. Hall of Graphic training aids
Architecture This building has several large halls and a porch decorated with Muqarnas and stucco. There are plastic dinosaurs in front of the building which some may regard as incongruous with the building's architecture.
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See also Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Iran National Heritage List List of historical structures in Isfahan Province
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