Museum of Natural History and Science
In Museum of Natural History and Science once stood Lisbon’s national focal point for nature and science, operating under the Universidade de Lisboa. The museum’s identity grew from collections assembled over more than 250 years, spanning zoology, anthropology, geology, and botany, and it also built space for scientific talks, debates, workshops, and even art exhibitions. The institution took the form recorded as founded in 1926, but its modern public designation came later: “MNHNC – National Museum of Natural History and Science” was created in October 2011. That change absorbed the former National Museum of Natural History and the University of Lisbon Science Museum, uniting their collections with the Polytechnic School’s historical buildings and, from July 2012, the Lisbon Astronomical Observatory. …
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