National Insect Museum Integrated Program
NARC, Islamabad
FACILITIES
The museum has separate double story building, where a lot of space is available for the permanent housing of insects in wooden cabinets. The museum has more than 1.2 millions identified insect specimens of different orders which serve as a data base for reference identification.
The museum is holding all necessary equipments for the collection and stretching of insects. One laboratory is specified for this work.
Two laboratories are allocated for taxonomic work. These laboratories are equipped with stereoscope, microscope and digital photography system.
There is one rearing room equipped with different size of rearing cages.
A big display hall where insects of different groups are displayed in artistic way for students and general public interest.
The museum has a big well punished hall equipped with multimedia for presentation, seminar and training.
The museum had developed its own library where books, journals and reports on different aspects of insect have been maintained.
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