National Museum of Science and Nature

The National Museum of Science and Nature is a national museum of Brunant. is located at 4 Alexanderstraat, in Grijzestad's U-Stad district.

History
The NMSN was founded in 1924 as the Grijzestad University Museum of Natural Sciences. The collection was amassed by various artifacts across the campus, and from donations by rich donors. The museum was located in Grijzestad's Old Town. During the Battle of Grijzestad (1941) much of the collection was lost during the initial bombardment.

The rest of the collection was put into storage in 1941 and was sold to the government in 1955, who planned to reopen the museum. A new building was designed for the U-Stad and it's first stone was laid on 23 August 1962. Finished in 1965, the museum was furnished by 1966 and was opened by King Johan II in 1967.

Fossil Hall
The Fossil Hall is a hall entirely dedicated to prehistoric fossils. The collection contains dinosaurs, ancient fish, mammals and other animals. Popular exhibits include the dinosaur section, a mechanical, moving Tyrannosaurus and an ~220 million year old Edaphosaurus skeleton. The hall ends with skeletons of human primate ancestors and a wooly mammoth jaw.

Space hall
The Space hall contains the museum's collection pertaining to planets and space exploration. The central exhibits include meteorite rocks of various sizes, the Apollo 5 and Kosmos 110 capsules and a Vanguard SLV 5 satellite.