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The Natur-Museum Luzern is a natural history museum located in Lucerne, Switzerland. The museum was founded in 1820 and is one of the oldest natural history museums in Switzerland. It is home to over 100,000 specimens and exhibits that illustrate the diversity of the natural world.

The museum is divided into several sections, including geology, paleontology, zoology, botany, and ecology. The geology section displays rocks, minerals, and fossils from different regions of Switzerland and other parts of the world. The paleontology section showcases the evolution of life on earth, including fossils of prehistoric animals such as dinosaurs, mammoths, and trilobites.

The zoology section of the museum displays a large collection of animals from Switzerland and around the world, including birds, mammals, fish, and insects. The botany section showcases the diversity of plant life, including specimens of trees, flowers, and fruits from different regions of Switzerland. The ecology section highlights the interdependence of living organisms and their environment.

The museum also hosts temporary exhibitions on various natural history topics, as well as educational programs for schools and families. In addition, the museum has a research department that conducts scientific research in various fields of natural history.