The museum gives the visitor an overview of Maltese ecosystems (both on ground and under water), focusing on endemic plants and bird of the Islands, such as the Maltese Centaury and Blue Rock Thrush.
This museum display ranks a large variety of minerals, fossils, insects, reptiles, birds, mammals, fish and sections about Geology and Palaeontology.[3]
Apollo 17 Goodwill Moon RockEdit
On Tuesday May 18, 2004, Malta's Apollo 17 Goodwill Moon rock was stolen from the Museum. According to an Associated Press story the Moon rock has a value of 5 million dollars (U.S), making it one of the largest valued thefts in Malta's history.[4] The Moon rock has not been recovered.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
^Lost The Hottest Rocks on Earth. The Times, July 20th, 2004.
^Misplaced From Space: Every Nation Received a Moon Rock, Some Can't Find it. The Houston Chronicle, May 7, 2010.
^In Search of the Goodwill Moon Rocks: A Personal Account Geotimes Magazine, Joseph Gutheinz, November 2004.
October 28, 2023
national, museum, natural, history, malta, other, uses, national, museum, natural, history, disambiguation, national, museum, natural, history, maltese, mużew, nazzjonali, istorja, naturali, natural, history, museum, mediaeval, walled, city, mdina, malta, hous. For other uses see National Museum of Natural History disambiguation The National Museum of Natural History Maltese Muzew Nazzjonali tal Istorja Naturali is a natural history museum in the mediaeval walled city of Mdina Malta It is housed in Palazzo Vilhena a French Baroque palace rebuilt in 1726 by Grand Master Antonio Manoel de Vilhena to designs of Charles Francois de Mondion The museum opened to the public in 1973 and is run by Heritage Malta 1 2 National Museum of Natural HistoryMuzew Nazzjonali tal Istorja NaturaliThe courtyard of Palazzo Vilhena which houses the museumEstablished22 June 1973LocationPalazzo Vilhena Mdina MaltaCoordinates35 53 06 N 14 24 13 E 35 885 N 14 4037 E 35 885 14 4037Typenatural history museumThe museum gives the visitor an overview of Maltese ecosystems both on ground and under water focusing on endemic plants and bird of the Islands such as the Maltese Centaury and Blue Rock Thrush This museum display ranks a large variety of minerals fossils insects reptiles birds mammals fish and sections about Geology and Palaeontology 3 Apollo 17 Goodwill Moon Rock EditOn Tuesday May 18 2004 Malta s Apollo 17 Goodwill Moon rock was stolen from the Museum According to an Associated Press story the Moon rock has a value of 5 million dollars U S making it one of the largest valued thefts in Malta s history 4 The Moon rock has not been recovered 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 See also EditList of museums in MaltaReferences Edit National Museum of Natural History Heritagemalta org Retrieved 2014 03 09 History old page National Museum of Natural History Archived 26 July 2011 Life Yelkouan Shearwater Project Lifeshearwaterproject org mt Archived from the original on 2011 07 22 Retrieved 2010 11 13 5M moon rock stolen from Malta museum Associated Press Story appearing in USA Today May 21 2004 Ex NASA officer urges Malta amnesty to repossess moon rock The Sunday Times Malta Herman Grech May 22 2004 Moon rock returns to Honduras CollectSpace com February 28th 2004 American moon rock gifts vanish BBC July 21 2004 In Malta a moon rock caper The Christian Science Monitor June 17 2004 Lost The Hottest Rocks on Earth The Times July 20th 2004 Misplaced From Space Every Nation Received a Moon Rock Some Can t Find it The Houston Chronicle May 7 2010 In Search of the Goodwill Moon Rocks A Personal Account Geotimes Magazine Joseph Gutheinz November 2004 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title National Museum of Natural History Malta amp oldid 977905731, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
