The Quang Nam Biodiversity Museum, the first-ever provincial-level biodiversity museum in Vietnam, was launched on May 15 at 100 Hung Vuong Street in Tam Ky City, Quang Nam Province.
A statue of Saola, the Asian unicorn, one of the rarest mammals in the world to be discovered in Quang Nam, is displayed at the Quang Nam Biodiversity Museum.
The launch of the Quang Nam Biodiversity Museum is aimed at responding to the National Biodiversity Restoration Year - Quang Nam 2024 under the theme “Living in Harmony with Nature", the International Day of Biological Diversity 2024 with the slogan "Be Part of the Plan", and the International Museum Day 2024 with the theme "Museums for Education and Research”.
Plant samples at the museum
The museum will research, collect, store, preserve, display, build, manage, and exploit databases, documents, and samples of the province's biodiversity resources.
Different samples of butterflies
The museum is divided into different exhibition areas, including those for flora and fauna, an interactive area, a documentation room, a research room, and a sample storage, processing, and preservation area.
A man observes the beetle specimens.
At present, the museum owns 3,700 photos and 1,200 specimens of flora and fauna, datasets, documents, digital maps, images, and videos of the biodiversity in Quang Nam.
Very small specimens of leaf-nosed bats are kept at the museum.
In addition, it receives specimens from provincial-level science and technology missions, such as green turtle specimens from Cu Lao Cham Marine Protected Area and grey-shanked douc langur skeletons from Tam My Tay Commune People's Committee (Nui Thanh District).
A woman looks at specimens of animals.
The Quang Nam Biodiversity Museum is expected to contribute to enhancing public awareness and the sense of responsibility of local officials and residents in preserving the province's biodiversity.
A specimen of a deer
A visitor records the images of specimens
The museum is also a place to keep the images of biodiversity and forest protection in Quang Nam.
Specimens of two pangolins, a rare and endangered animal that needs to be protected.
Translated by Kim Oanh