Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Natural History Museum

The Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Natural History Museum is a natural history museum. Main collections are zoological collections, with only a small geological collection stored and displayed. The museum does not include the botanical collections as they are stored in the department's PSU Herbarium. Its zoological collections contain 25,000 specimens of 2,500 species of fauna. Some significant collections include coral, crustacean, plankton, mollusc (in particular cephalopod), echinoderm, insect and vertebrate. There are several significant type specimens, including Laotian Giant Flying Squirrel and Thongaree’s Disc-nosed Bat.