Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

The Museum of Natural Sciences (Dutch Museum voor Natuurwetenschappen, French Muséum des Sciences naturelles de Belgique) is a natural history museum and research institute at the same time in the Parc Léopold in Brussels. It is part of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and is a part of the collection of the Institute, which includes a total of 37 million pieces.

The museum is one of the largest natural history museums in Europe. It was founded in 1846, with the collections go back to the late 18th century up to the Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine. 1889 to 1891 it moved into a former monastery in the Parc Léopold, but soon extensions were necessary. The south wing was built 1898-1905 (architect Charles -Émile Janlet ). 1950 made ​​further additions.

In the museum you will find among others the famous Iguanodon - remains of Bernissart, which were excavated in 1878 and the Louis Dollo groomed. In addition, skeletons of Tyrannosaurus rex, Diplodocus, Velociraptor, Eoraptor, Olorotitan, Triceratops and Cryolophosaurus are issued. The museum has an aquarium.

The museum is connected with 650,000 volumes and 7,000 journal ranks a large library.