Country’s first anatomy museum established in CVASU
M M Jasim :
The country’s first anatomy museum has been established in the Department of Anatomy and Histology of Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Science University (CVASU) in Chattogram.
It has been done under the subproject titled “Establishment of an
Anatomy Museum for Enhancing Quality Education and Research in the Department of Anatomy and Histology” with the fund from Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project of the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh.
By definition, anatomy is the branch of science which deals with the human physical structure, animals and other living organisms, especially as revealed by dissection and the separation of parts.
The museum, housed in a spacious well decorated room in the Department of Anatomy and Histology, displays skeletons of different animals and birds like – horse, ox, deer, camel, duck, goat, sheep, pigeon, crocodile, snake, lizard, pig, ostrich and monkey.
Besides, the museum displays 30 stuffed animals, 20 animal models, 500 specimens preserved in formaldehyde, 2,000 different types of bones, 75 models of different animals, 3,000 different slides and 30 portraits of scientists. Dried soft organs of some animals are also preserved in the museum.
The University authorities have not fixed any entrance fee yet. Therefore, anyone can visit the museum free of cost on weekdays.
“CVASU is a specialized university cherishes to become centre of excellence in biological arena. The Anatomy museum would be very helpful to provide our students with cutting edge knowledge. We are thankful to HEQEP for awarding as many as 11 subprojects in CVSAU which helped us enormously develop our research laboratories, establish anatomy museum, fisheries museum and purchase of teaching-learning equipment”, Professor Goutam Buddha Das, Vice-Chancellor of CVASU said this while talking with The New Nation recently.
“We have a very rich collection of anatomical specimens in the museum. The museum houses skeletons of different types of mammals, birds, reptiles, primates and ruminants,” said Prof Dr Mohammad Lutfur Rahman, Chairperson of Department of Anatomy and Histology and also the subproject manager.
“The students will be able to gain hands-on knowledge from the museum. Besides, anatomists, anthropologists, ornithologists, zoologists, wildlife conservationists, embryologists and paleontologists will be greatly benefitted from the museum,” Prof Dr Lutfur added.
Drawing a line between an anatomical laboratory and an anatomical museum, Prof Dr Lutfur Rahman, said: “The educational institutes of our country do have some anatomical laboratories. However, the laboratories cannot be called museums. A museum remains open for a visitor. From that point of view, we can say that this is the country’s first anatomical museum in the true sense of the definition”.
“The veterinary students will be highly benefitted from the museum as they have a subject called ‘Comparative Anatomy’, which is the comparative study of the body structure of different species of animals in order to understand the adaptive changes they have undergone in the course of evolution from common ancestors,” Prof Dr Lutfur further added.
“Skeletons of Asian elephant, camel, female deer and Indian rock python are some of the unique collections of the museum. We have a rich collection of stuffed or taxidermic animals in the museum like local cock, geese, pigeons, lizard, guinea pig, mongoose, rabbit, wood pecker and king fisher,” said Dr Shubrata Kumar Shil, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Histology, CVASU.
Taxidermy is the art or process of preparing, stuffing and mounting animal skins so that they have a lifelike appearance.
Talking about the process of collecting skeletons, Dr Shubrata Kumar Shil, said that the process of collecting anatomical specimens was a bit cumbersome.
“Some of the bone specimens were collected from slaughter houses. As you know that we have a veterinary hospital in the university. We also collect the animals which die in the hospital,” said Dr Shubrata.
Asked about the lack of vigorous campaign for adequate publicity, Dr Shubrata said that they had undertaken a number of plans to popularise the museum among the people.
The country’s first anatomy museum has been established in the Department of Anatomy and Histology of Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Science University (CVASU) in Chattogram.
It has been done under the subproject titled “Establishment of an
Anatomy Museum for Enhancing Quality Education and Research in the Department of Anatomy and Histology” with the fund from Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project of the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh.
By definition, anatomy is the branch of science which deals with the human physical structure, animals and other living organisms, especially as revealed by dissection and the separation of parts.
The museum, housed in a spacious well decorated room in the Department of Anatomy and Histology, displays skeletons of different animals and birds like – horse, ox, deer, camel, duck, goat, sheep, pigeon, crocodile, snake, lizard, pig, ostrich and monkey.
Besides, the museum displays 30 stuffed animals, 20 animal models, 500 specimens preserved in formaldehyde, 2,000 different types of bones, 75 models of different animals, 3,000 different slides and 30 portraits of scientists. Dried soft organs of some animals are also preserved in the museum.
The University authorities have not fixed any entrance fee yet. Therefore, anyone can visit the museum free of cost on weekdays.
“CVASU is a specialized university cherishes to become centre of excellence in biological arena. The Anatomy museum would be very helpful to provide our students with cutting edge knowledge. We are thankful to HEQEP for awarding as many as 11 subprojects in CVSAU which helped us enormously develop our research laboratories, establish anatomy museum, fisheries museum and purchase of teaching-learning equipment”, Professor Goutam Buddha Das, Vice-Chancellor of CVASU said this while talking with The New Nation recently.
“We have a very rich collection of anatomical specimens in the museum. The museum houses skeletons of different types of mammals, birds, reptiles, primates and ruminants,” said Prof Dr Mohammad Lutfur Rahman, Chairperson of Department of Anatomy and Histology and also the subproject manager.
“The students will be able to gain hands-on knowledge from the museum. Besides, anatomists, anthropologists, ornithologists, zoologists, wildlife conservationists, embryologists and paleontologists will be greatly benefitted from the museum,” Prof Dr Lutfur added.
Drawing a line between an anatomical laboratory and an anatomical museum, Prof Dr Lutfur Rahman, said: “The educational institutes of our country do have some anatomical laboratories. However, the laboratories cannot be called museums. A museum remains open for a visitor. From that point of view, we can say that this is the country’s first anatomical museum in the true sense of the definition”.
“The veterinary students will be highly benefitted from the museum as they have a subject called ‘Comparative Anatomy’, which is the comparative study of the body structure of different species of animals in order to understand the adaptive changes they have undergone in the course of evolution from common ancestors,” Prof Dr Lutfur further added.
“Skeletons of Asian elephant, camel, female deer and Indian rock python are some of the unique collections of the museum. We have a rich collection of stuffed or taxidermic animals in the museum like local cock, geese, pigeons, lizard, guinea pig, mongoose, rabbit, wood pecker and king fisher,” said Dr Shubrata Kumar Shil, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Histology, CVASU.
Taxidermy is the art or process of preparing, stuffing and mounting animal skins so that they have a lifelike appearance.
Talking about the process of collecting skeletons, Dr Shubrata Kumar Shil, said that the process of collecting anatomical specimens was a bit cumbersome.
“Some of the bone specimens were collected from slaughter houses. As you know that we have a veterinary hospital in the university. We also collect the animals which die in the hospital,” said Dr Shubrata.
Asked about the lack of vigorous campaign for adequate publicity, Dr Shubrata said that they had undertaken a number of plans to popularise the museum among the people.
