The last time I went to the Museum of National History (MNH) was back when I was still in grade school. I did not know that this is the location, in UPLB College of Forestry area:
The museum is a two storey building.
I do not really want to spoil the experience for you (and also because I have an article about it coming out soon, which I will link to this entry once its out) but here are the photos to give you reason why you have to visit UPLB's Museum of National History:
They have very impressive dioramas and wildlife collection that houses 14,790 stuffed birds and mammals, 748 specimens of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians and about 700 shells.
They have dioramas to give visitors better experience of wildlife.
The Philippine Eagle:
A stuffed owl on display inside the diorama:
A stuffed reptile:
I love how they did the caves. The Museum's Director, Dr. Ireneo Lit who served as our guide told us that the museum artists also go with them during research and they come back and replicate what they have experienced first had. Pretty cool huh?
I love how it looks like the caves in the underground river that I saw in Palawan last 2006. They also have a live exhibit of birds called the Glossy Swiftlet.
They have stuffed animals, particularly baby Tamaraws and the skeleton of the Tamaraw that came all the way from Mindoro:
They have a most controversial section, "Fetus section":
I remember this section particularly, because 20 years later I still remember seeing these little babies inside the jars.
The range of their collection is from 1 to 8 months old fetus.
but MAJOR DISCLAIMER: These are not aborted fetus, they are due to miscarriage and was donated to the Museum for research. Some of the babies inside are as old as 30 years old.
They also have animal fetuses but more of these in my upcoming entry about the Anatomy Museum:
They have other stuff stored, like reptiles:
Honestly, I do not like reptiles. I have a childhood playmate who put a lizard on my back and I screamed like a hyena. I was not able to recover since.
They are stored in these jars:
They have a wide, impressive, Philippine insect collection.
Some insects you can actually interact with, like the Leaf insect:
This is what it looks like on the display.
What it looks like when it's alive:
Other insects on board:
They have an exhibit of different medicinal plants, not just pictures but also samples.
They also have marijuana display with a story. One of the visitors actually tried to get the marijuana from the display.
Check out the bamboo collection. This display shows the smallest bamboo to the biggest bamboo:
This is the biggest bamboo:
Not only that, they also have a fungi collection:
They also have shell collection and sea life exhibit.
I've never been to this part of the museum before. I love that it's air conditioned.
I love this shot by Eisen.
This display showed the part of the sperm whale.I like how they used the screen to show where it is located:
Some other parts of the whale.
Other photos:
And more!
Special thanks to Eisen for taking photos, and for ate Joan for taking Eisen's photo.
Other details:
Entrance Fees:
Pre-school to Grade IV - Php 10.00
Highschool - Adult: - Php 20.00
Peak Season: During Academic Year/School months
Schedule:
Monday to Saturday: 8am to 5pm (They accept walk-ins)
Sundays and Holidays : (by arrangement)
Field Trip Schedule:
Contact UPLB Office of Public Relations (OPR) at:
Phone: +63.49.536.3604.
Email: opaa_uplb@yahoo.com
Museum of National History Contact Information:
The Director
Museum of National History
University of the Philippines, Los Banos, Laguna
Email: uplbmnh@yahoo.com.ph
Phone: +63.49.536.2864
Fax: +63.49.536.3669
I have another interesting entry and continuation of this trip at the Anatomy Museum that I will be blogging about soon!
2 comments:
I didn't know we had a natural history museum in the Philippines! Thank you for this post. :)
You're welcome! Thanks for reading! :)
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