After four years wait, CM to open insect museum in Kovai on Monday
Nearly after four years of wait, the insect museum at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) is all set to will be thrown open to the public by Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday.
By : migrator
Update: 2018-03-24 20:22 GMT
Coimbatore
The insect museum, which will be first of its kind in the country, has been set up in an area of 6,691 sq. feet at a cost of Rs 5 crore.
The new facility will showcase insects collected since the early 1900s as preserved specimens. It also has live specimens in different developmental stages of insects, their images, videos and models on their unique behaviour, habits and habitats.
“Displays have been made on themes such as insect diversity, insect biology, beneficial insects, insect and plants and cultural entomology. There will also be curated specimens along with information charts,” said a senior faculty of TNAU.
A related video will be projected through screens with the theme related insect diorama placed in the centre of each section. Also, the museum houses a butterfly dome with live plants in a rockery type fountain.
Three touch screen facilities with information on insect trivia, insect records and ‘insects and you’ will also be present. In an added attraction, two insectoscope units have been set up at the gallery. A souvenir shop and a mini auditorium to screen insect movies and documentary films are part of the museum.
A section on social insect exhibiting termite mounds (whole and sectioned) and bee hives of different kinds and forms is developed at the rear side of the museum. “This facility is likely to enthuse and motivate the public, students, research scholars, agricultural officials and farmers about insects,” said the faculty.
The museum, funded by the state government, has been provided with an electronic ticketing facility and a ramp for the convenience of physically challenged persons.
First in country
- Insects collected since the early 1900s will be housed in the museum
- Cost: Rs 5 crore
- Area: 6,691 sq. feet
- Year commissioned: 2013
- Year completed: 2017
Facilities
- Touch screens to know Insect Trivia, Insect Records, ‘Insects And You’
- Souvenir shop
- Mini Auditorium
- Know your personality through insects
- Electronic ticketing facility
- Ramps for differently abled
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