Mumbai
Bombay
Bombay Natural History Society
Adjoining the Prince of Wales Museum is an institution of a different kind
where collectors have been donating their prize specimens for over a century.
One whole floor of Hornbill House, the Society's headquarters, is devoted
to beetles and butterflies all neatly eaxonomized. Another floor contains
hundreds of jars full of embalmed reptiles, plus drawer after drawer of birds
and animals pelts
It is possible to join the society as a temporary member for the duration of your stay in Mumbai. That entitles you to use BNH's extensive library of nature books. There are lectures and slide shows throughout the week.
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