The Faculty of Science of the Universidade de Lisboa was established by decree of 19th April 1911. From its establishment until 1985, the year the Faculty was transferred to the new facilities at Campo Grande, the Faculty of Science was based in the building where the Polytechnic School (Escola Politécnica) used to be.
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As an integrating organic unit of the Universidade de Lisboa, the Faculty of Sciences also has its roots in the history of the foundation of this institution.
Nowadays, in the building of the Rua da Escola Politécnica ("Polytechnic School Street") there are important and rare museums dedicated to the field of Sciences: The National Museum of Natural History (MNHN). The MNHN is a public institution with scientific, pedagogical and patrimonial autonomy, which is integrated in the Universidade de Lisboa, directly under the Rectorate since 1989. The designation of MNHN exists since 1919 and was established to integrate its three sectors, which were then considered attached facilities of the respective groups of the Natural Sciences section of the FCUL. These are the Laboratory Museum and Botanical Garden (Museu Laboratório e Jardim Botânico) the Zoological and Anthropological Museum – Bocage Museum (Museu Zoológico e Antropológico – Museu Bocage); and the Mineralogical and Geological Museum (Museu Mineralógico e Geológico).
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