Shri. Pinarayi Vijayan
Chief Minister of Kerala
About Museum
Thiruvananthapuram Natural history Museum is a scientific institution with an exhaustive collections of current and historical specimens of animals, plants, geology, paleontology, and more. The museum possess an excellent galleries to share the amazing wonders of the natural world with the public.
History
Swathi Thirunal (1813-1847), illustrious king and music composer who ruled Travancore during 1830-1847 may be said to be the visionary behind establishment of the Natural History Museum in Thiruvananthapuram.
It was however left to his brother Uthram Thirunal Marthanda Varma and British Resident William Cullen to formally establish the institution. A Museum was started in the year 1853, in a part of the Bungalow of John Allan Broun, then Director of the Trivandrum Observatory. The specimen of Travancore rocks offered by General Cullen formed the earliest collection in the institution. This museum was thrown open to the public in 1857.
Shri Ahamed Devarkovil
Minister for Ports
Museums
Archaeology
Archives
Smt.J Chinchu Rani
Minister for Animal Husbandry
Dairy Development, Milk Co-operatives
Zoos
Kerala Veterinary & Animal Sciences University
Dr. Venu V. IAS
Principal Secretary, Cultural Affairs ( Archaelogy, Archives, Museums)
Shri. S.Abu
Director ,Department of Museums and Zoos
Smt. Vijayalakshmi P V
Superintendent
Ostracion cubicus
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Molidae Genus: Mola Species: M. mola Physical Description Ocean sunfish have a large body that is compressed and ovular. They are the largest bony fish, measuring up to 3.1 m in length, 4.26 m in height, and weighing up to 2235 kg. They are scale-less, and […]
Posterior portion of the dorsal armor of Crocodile
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Crocodilia Family: Crocodylidae Genus: Crocodylus Specimen Description The epidermal exoskeleton of the Crocodile consists of oblong horny scales, arranged in transverse rows. The dermal exoskeleton consists of bony scutes that underlie the epidermal scales of the dorsal surface. The overlying scales, are always rubbed off, so that the […]
Shortnose boxfish
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Ostraciidae Genus: Ostracion Species: O. nasus Description Ostracion nasus is known as the Shortnose boxfish is a species of boxfish found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. This species grows to a length of 30 centimetres. It has a typical box shape just like every box fish. The eyes are big and place on the sides. […]
Hair of Domestic Sheep
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Subfamily: Caprinae Genus: Ovis Specimen Description Unlike their wild cousins the domestic sheep doesn’t have long and fluffy wool on their body instead they have short hairs, these hairs are tightly packed and varies color from white, brown and black. Some breeds are capable of […]
CHIMPANZEE
Scientific Name : Pan troglodytes It is also known as simply chimp, is a species of great ape native to the forest and Savannah of tropical Africa. When its close relative the bonobo was more commonly known as the pygmy chimpanzee, this species was often called the common chimpanzee or the robust chimpanzee. The chimpanzee lives in groups that range […]
Forelimb of Green Turtle
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Family: Cheloniidae Genus: Chelonia Species: C. mydas Specimen Description The Forelimbs of the green turtles are flippers adapted for swimming. These forelimbs are long and paddle-like. Long digits are fused throughout the flipper. Only one or two claws are present on each fore flipper. These forelimb adaptation […]
