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B.M. Birla Planetarium and Science & Technological Museum
Near Birla Temple, Adarsh Nagar, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 500063 Phone: ☎ +91 40 2324 1067 http://www.birlasciencecentre.org/About
B. M. Birla Science Museum is an Indian science museum located in Hyderabad, India . Constructed by civil engineer Mr. P. A. Singaravelu, it comprises a planetarium, museum, science center, art gallery as well as a dinosaurium. The museum itself was the second phase of the science center when it opened in 1990.
The Dinosaurium is the newest addition to the planetarium and science center and opened in 2000. Its exhibits include a 160-million-year-old mounted Kotasaurus Yamanpalliensis , excavated at Adilabad district in Andhra Pradesh and presented to the Science Museum by the Geological Survey of India . The Dinosaurium also has a collection of smaller fossils of dinosaur eggs, marine shells and fossilised tree trunks.