Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

The Museum of Natural Sciences of Belgium is a natural history museum in Brussels, Belgium. The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences houses the museum. Its most noteworthy parts are 30 fossilized Iguanodon skeletons found in Bernissart, Belgium, in 1878. The museum's dinosaur hall is the world's largest museum hall entirely dedicated to dinosaurs. Another well-known piece is the Ishango bone, which was discovered in the Belgian Congo in 1960 by Jean de Heinzelin de Braucourt. There is also a research section and a public exhibit department in the museum.

The Museum of Natural Sciences was established on March 31, 1846, as a descendent of the 1802 Musée de Bruxelles. It was based on a collection founded in the 18th century by Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine. Bernard du Bus de Gisignies, a Belgian scientist and politician, became the museum's first director in 1846, and on that occasion, he gave 2,474 birds from his personal collection to the museum.

Location: Rue Vautier 29, Brussels 1000 Belgium

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