Located 3.5 km north of the Coimbatore railway station in the campus of Southern Forest Ranger's College, Forest College Museum is one of its kind in the country. The museum houses the fossils of plants and animals and has rare collection of dead specimen of plants and animals of different variety. Besides these, it also exhibits collection of different minerals, rocks, pests, snakes, insects and fungal diseases that badly affect plants and trees. The botanical Garden near the museum have nearly 300 species of rare and endangered plants. The museum operates an advisory counter offering service to promote businesses related to plant husbandry.