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The Mauritius Institute is a building located in Port Louis, the smallest and capital city of Mauritius Island. The Mauritius Institute is easy to recognize because it is yellow. On the ground floor of the building is located the Natural History Museum and is the oldest museum of Mauritius Island. The Mauritius Institute is located next to the Botanical Garden of Port Louis known as Jardin de la Compagnie. There museum is separated in there galleries, in the first are seen mammals, reptiles and birds, there is also a skeleton of the famous Dodo, a bird unique to Mauritius and extinct in 1860, in the second gallery is mainly about marine life and the third gallery is about tortoise, geology and insects. It is not allowed make pictures in the museum and the entrance is free of charge.
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