17
April
2015
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23:39
Asia/Singapore

Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum at NUS unveils dino stars

The Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum at NUS was officially opened by His Excellency President Tony Tan Keng Yam on 18 April 2015. The seven-storey museum showcases three diplodocid sauropod dinosaurs, as well as 2,000 other specimens. Aside from its public exhibition space, a large area will be side aside for more than a million specimens to be used for research, with classrooms and teaching labs. The museum aims to be a leader in Southeast Asian biodiversity and conservation research, education and outreach.