The government of the province of San Juan (in the western part of the country) sponsored a dinosaur exhibit, Titanes de Ischigualasto, in collaboration with the Museo Argentino de la Ciencias Naturales. Some of the oldest dinosaurs have been discovered in Argentina. It was an interesting exhibit worth seeing, but definitely geared more to kids.
this is one of the oldest dinosaurs
I stopped by the actual museum, which reminded me of a larger-scale Bell Museum in Minneapolis. It had pretty extensive exhibits on minerals, shells, marine life, Antarctic animals, dinosaurs, mammals, insects, plants, birds, amphibians and reptiles, and there was even a small aquarium and a room displaying the history of the museum with antique cameras and research apparatuses. Most of the artifacts displayed are native to Argentina or South America (except the taxidermy buffalo, I imagine).
huge oyster
wouldn't want to swim next to this
huge prehistoric armadillo
mammoths were in Argentina
this is one of the oldest dinosaurs
I stopped by the actual museum, which reminded me of a larger-scale Bell Museum in Minneapolis. It had pretty extensive exhibits on minerals, shells, marine life, Antarctic animals, dinosaurs, mammals, insects, plants, birds, amphibians and reptiles, and there was even a small aquarium and a room displaying the history of the museum with antique cameras and research apparatuses. Most of the artifacts displayed are native to Argentina or South America (except the taxidermy buffalo, I imagine).
huge oyster
wouldn't want to swim next to this
huge prehistoric armadillo
mammoths were in Argentina
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