Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales

 

The Argentina Museum of Natural History is 200 years old.  It has a wonderful collection of skeletons, models and specimens.  The displays are well set up and fascinating to look at.  We spent a peaceful hour and a half walking through the galleries.  The building that now houses the collection is not 200 years old but has some delightful features.  I especially liked the owl statues above each of the door ways.

I'm sure the science and biology teachers would use this resource with their students.  All the animal families are represented and there is so much information!

Each of the major doorways had owl statues above them. 

There was a set of these along the outside wall including armadillos, llamas and other South American animals.

There were models of fossils showing the evolution from flying dinosaurs to modern birds.

Skeleton of a Hummingbird in front of that of a rhea.

How many Australian birds can you see - this diorama shows the diversity of birds worldwide

I loved the owls

There were cases of beetles, butterflies, and other insects plus spiders in wooden cases from early last century but with excellent lighting the colours were stunning.

There were many cases of shells too.

This showed the rubbish with which  sea creatures now share their home.  There were really compelling displays about the myriad causes of animal extinction. 

Of course there were dinosaurs - modern children expect it!