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Heritage Malta - Museum Site in Mdina - The National Museum of Natural HistoryWe visited The National Museum of Natural History, Mdina, as part of our visit to Malta in 2011
The National Museum of Natural History - Ornithology Room Entrance fee is applicable to this Heritage Malta museum. The National Museum of Natural History is a repository for some of Malta's historically important collections, like: Mizzi's Mineral Collection, and Mamo's Chronological Collection. In the Exhibition Halls we saw both earth and life science displays with particular connection to the Maltese Islands. Human evolution, insects, birds and marine eco-system creatures as well as a mineral, geology and paleontology sections.
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The whole of the museum is housed in the 18th Century Palace of Justice that was remodeled as the Palace of Grandmaster Antonio Manuel de Vilhena. In the early 20th Century the building was a hospital funded by the Duke of Connaught (known as the Connaught Hospital).