After partition, people who had migrated from Mumbai brought precious marine artefacts with them and laid the foundation of the museum in an old building, previously known as the Seafood Café (Karachi Fish Harbour). Several kinds of sea life found in the Arabian Sea have been preserved along with skeletons of different kinds of fish, including a 74-feet blue whale, which constitute country’s largest collection of marine species and fauna (Tribune, 2010). 
Housed at a decades old building, the Natural History Museum is now struggling for its survival as the Karachi Fish Harbour Authority (KFHA) authorities want its administration to vacate the land as well as pay the rent for using the space since 1974 that amounts to Rs2.3 million. (The News, 2010)
The Zoological Survey Department, which runs the museum and comes under the administrative control of the Federal Environment Ministry since 1995, tried to move the museum to Safari park and not Islamabad for the benefit of people at large, but no positive response ever came. CDGK was also taken on board but the “change” of rule was may be more important those days.
Unfortunate are we the beings, who have maintained a habit of disowning heritage for our own personal benefits. The museum, which is not only a asset but also an important source of study for researchers. KFHA could have maintained the museum rather issuing a notice just for a piece of land. Sadly, we have been unable to develop a sense of responsibility towards priceless assets we own.
Humkhayal 