Muscat, Oman
Oman Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum of Oman is a natural history museum, located at the Ministry of Heritage and Culture complex, Al Khuwair, opposite the Zawawi Mosque in Muscat, Oman. The museum opened on 20 December 1985, and has detailed coverage of Oman's flora and fauna, with displays on indigenous mammals, insects, and birds and botanical gardens. One of the highlights of the museum is the whale hall: it houses the huge skeleton of a sperm whale, which was washed up on the Omani coastline in the 1986.
- City
- Muscat
- Country
- Oman
- Category
- Museum
- Suggested visit
- About 120 minutes
More places in Muscat
- Omani Aquarium and Marine Science and Fisheries Centre
- Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
- Old Muscat
- Motishwar Mandir
- Royal Opera House Muscat
- Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Muscat
Background: Wikipedia