National Science and Natural History Museum of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (eng. The National Museum of Natural History) is a scientific and educational institution, one of the leading centers for the development of natural research in Ukraine, operating in the system of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and at the same time one of the largest scientific and natural museums in the world. The museum is located in the center of Kyiv in the old building of the former Olgin Gymnasium. Scientific funds for the exposition of NPM belong to the Scientific Objects that constitute national heritage (since 2001).