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Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest is the largest natural history museum in Hungary. The museum is famous and most frequently visited for its exhibitions, collections, scientific research and other activities. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest contains the largest natural history collections of Hungary and the region. You will find here interactive permanent exhibition and interesting temporary exhibitions which will give you a close view of the fascinating world of minerals, primordial beings, plants, animals and people.

Hungarian Natural History Museum in Budapest has the responsibilities of maintaining and enlarging the collections, carrying out scientific research mainly in fields related to the collections and presenting collections and research results to the public through its permanent and temporary exhibitions. The main departments of the museum are -- Department of Anthropology, Department of Zoology, Department of Botany, Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, Department of Geology and Paleontology and Library. Also, there is the Department of Education and Exhibitions which plans and builds the exhibitions, for arranging visitor-friendly, interactive programs and also for developing museum-based education activities.

The building of Natural History Museum, Budapest is made up of two architectural styles -- a neo-classical façade and a modern, spacious interior. The building used to be a riding school for the military academy and later was converted into a museum. If you are interested in the history of mankind in general and especially in that of the Carpathian basin, this museum is a must visit site for you. The Permanent Exhibitions of the museum include ‘Path through Time’ which is a geological park in front of the museum, ‘Man and Nature in Hungary’, ‘The beloved spheres’, ‘Never-wilting flower garden’, the skeleton of a two-ton fin whale at the main entrance, African diorama and the diversity of coral reefs.

Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest remains open from 10 am to 6 pm from Wednesday to Monday and during October to March, it is open from 10 am to 5 pm. Children are sure to have a great time here. The life-size model of a woolly mammoth is a real crowd-puller here. Another interesting exhibition from the collections of the museum is the ‘Birds of the Carpathian Basin and their Value in Nature Conservation’.

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