Museo de La Plata
Museo de La Plata
4.5
Speciality MuseumsNatural History MuseumsScience MuseumsChildren's Museums
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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This highly regarded Argentinean museum of natural science contains over two million exhibits in the areas of paleontology, botany, zoology, archaeology, biology, geology and ethnography.
Duration: 1-2 hours
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Fearless36957662534
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I've been to this museum twice now and consider myself lucky as it is so wonderfuly maintained with excellent displays, great tour guides (ask for Florencia S. as she is senior there, very knowledgeable, speaks good english, and very friendly), and very comprehensive. They are constantly changing the displays and there is a lot of ongoing research too. For those of you who want to take a little break they have a nice little coffee shop, plus a couple of gift shops. If you like to walk around the park there, it is a true pleasure and is photogenic as well. There's another small restaurant in that park with great food with beer, wine, or soft drinks to accompany. It's quite small so go early to get a seat. Cheers, Jeff
PS, if you have any questions feel free to contact me. I still have contacts in La Plata also who are always so helpful. Great friends!
PS, if you have any questions feel free to contact me. I still have contacts in La Plata also who are always so helpful. Great friends!
Written 20 July 2005
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Paradise18368
la plata1 contribution
The first purpose-built museum in Latin America, and something of a relic in itself, the Museo de Ciencias Naturales is a real treat for anyone with a fondness for old-fashioned museums. Curatorial policy, whereby each room is more or less autonomously organized, and a chronic shortage of funds make the museum somewhat patchy, but its highlights, together with its general ambience, are sufficient to make it well worth a visit. The beautiful circular entrance hall , the first of the museum's 21 rooms, all chronologically ordered, lies immediately to the right of the entrance hall. The first section is devoted to rocks and minerals , including an example of a fossilized araucaria trunk from a petrified forest in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz. The palaeontological section which follows contains a reproduction of the fossilized remains of the largest spider ever found: named the Megarachne Servinei Hünicken, the fifty-centimetre-long arachnid was found in Bajo de Véliz in San Luis Province and is some 290 million years old. There is also a reproduction of a diplodocus skeleton, donated to the museum in 1912 by the North American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie; the unusually complete original is housed in the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. In the same room, you'll find the original skeleton of a neuquensaurus, or titanosaurus, a herbivorous dinosaur common in the north of Patagonia towards the end of the Cretaceous Period. Room VI is dedicated to the beginnings of the Cenozoic Period , also known as the Age of Mammals, which extend from around 65 million years ago to the present day. The room's impressive collection of skeletons includes the gliptodon, forerunner of today's armadillos; the enormous megatherium, largest of the megafauna which, when standing upright on its powerful two hind legs, would have reached almost double its already impressive six metres; the toxodon, somewhat similar to the hippopotamus, though unrelated; and the camel-like macrauchenia. The Latin American Archaeology section is to be found upstairs along with the collection of objects from the northwest of Argentina. The first room to the left of the stairs has a large collection of ceramics, mostly from the pre-Columbian cultures of the Peruvian region: including a fine collection of brightly coloured Nazca pottery. In the second room the most notable pieces are the so-called suplicantes from the Condorhuasi-Alamito culture that thrived in Central Catamarca between about 200 and 500AD. Highly sophisticated and unique to the Condorhuasi, the suplicantes are among the most valuable pieces in the museum's collection.
Written 10 August 2004
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Bernardo Esteba... R
Santiago, Chile105 contributions
Sept 2018 • Family
Close to the city of Buenos Aires.
Take the bus 129 (Retiro or in 9th of July) cost 70 Ars (need to be use sube card)
1 hour until the bus stop of La Plata City (8th street)
Take a taxi to the park (1st street) 100 ars
The ticket for the museaum is for 80 Ars.
The sckeleton and the dynosours was incredible.
Take the bus 129 (Retiro or in 9th of July) cost 70 Ars (need to be use sube card)
1 hour until the bus stop of La Plata City (8th street)
Take a taxi to the park (1st street) 100 ars
The ticket for the museaum is for 80 Ars.
The sckeleton and the dynosours was incredible.
Written 16 October 2018
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damg
New York, NY549 contributions
Nov 2011 • Couples
The science and natural history museum is of modest size. However, the exhibits are wonderfully presented. Captions are all in Spanish. But, even if you don't read Spanish, it's worth the trip.
Written 29 April 2012
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H90s
34 contributions
Aug 2019 • Family
Imposing building like most buildings here.Staff helpful and keen to help us ingles speakers.Awesome collection of various dinosaurs and animals .Also good collection of the artifacts from the aboriginal tribespeople.The good thing is that this is very highly appreciated and respected by the locals.Outside is the botanical garden and and the Zoo.
Entrance to museum is$70 pesos per person and free for 12 and under.Very good day out in a beautiful part of La Plata
Entrance to museum is$70 pesos per person and free for 12 and under.Very good day out in a beautiful part of La Plata
Written 23 August 2019
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MontrealMaria52
Montreal, Canada150 contributions
Apr 2015 • Friends
The Museum of Natural Science is an historic marvel. Unbelievable entry fee of a mere $2 U.S. how would anyone want to miss a museum made famous with the works of Charles Darwin? A teaching museum attached to the University in Plata, it has one of the world's largest collection of fossils, prehistoric animal skeletons, insects, mammals, reptiles, plant life, indigenous origins of civilization etc. Very impressive large collection occupying four floors.
Written 10 April 2015
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Carlos S
La Plata, Argentina3 contributions
Jun 2018 • Family
A very amusing and captivating visit both for the youngsters and grown-ups as well. We can not forget our grandkids faces thrilled by the large dinosaurs exhibited there but also the didactic explanations set along the collections. There are several collections, paleontological, anthropological and archeological. For more details, there are several videos on each section posted on the museum page, available in Spanish or English. This historical place was founded by the same time La Plata city was set over a century ago. Hope you enjoy it as we did.
Written 7 May 2019
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peterlondon91
London, UK356 contributions
Feb 2018 • Couples
The museum is very interesting and almost exclusively in Spanish so it helps to be able to read Spanish.
I found it better on dinosaurs than the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in Buenos Aires and better on Argentina's indigenous people than any other museum in Argentina I have been too (although the Museo de Arqueologia de Alta Montana in Salta is also an excellent specialist museum with its mummies.)
I found it better on dinosaurs than the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in Buenos Aires and better on Argentina's indigenous people than any other museum in Argentina I have been too (although the Museo de Arqueologia de Alta Montana in Salta is also an excellent specialist museum with its mummies.)
Written 22 February 2018
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Robbi
15 contributions
Dec 2017 • Couples
We made the trip out from Constitution Station (just $8AR return, very comfortable air conditioned train runs every half hour and takes less than an hour) and enjoyed a few hours wandering this fabulous museum. Such a big range of South American and some international exhibits. One of the best collections of its type I’ve ever seen.
Written 26 December 2017
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JMGeneva
Geneva, Switzerland1,962 contributions
Nov 2015 • Couples
This is an interesting museum, covering both natural sciences and anthropology/ethnology. Although a few sectors would benefit from an upgrade most sections are well presented and very instructive and everybody should find something to his taste. Comparative anatomy is nice, most animal groups are fairly well covered and there is even a small botanical and a ... egyptian section! In any case there is really not much to do in La Plata and this looks like the best option to spend a couple of hours. Much better than the Nat Hist museum in Buenos Aires for most things.
Written 5 November 2015
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hola me regalaron un cuadro algo antiguo quiero saber quien lo hizo tiene firma pero no se mucho dice creo W.B.Almada
Written 14 May 2024
¿Que micro me lleva desde la plata hasta el Museo De Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires?
Es decir que micro me puedo tomar desde la plata para llegar al Museo De Bellas Artes?
Written 9 May 2024
Me informe los días y horarios ? Y los costos de entrada ? Hay días gratis
Written 22 December 2019
Saben si hay algún buffet o restaurant dentro del museo?gracias
Written 21 September 2019
de martes a domingos de 10 a 18... martes gratis si es q no cae feriado
Written 23 August 2019
Mariana S
Montevideo, Uruguay
Somos un grupo de 8 ceramistas uruguayas que estaremos en Buenos Aires el sábado 10 de mayo. Quisiéramos saber si estarán disponibles para ver las salas de cerámica precolombina y el horario en que podemos asistir a una visita guiada. También si fuera posible informarnos sobre el transporte desde Buenos Aires. Muchas gracias
Written 24 April 2018
Martes a domingo de 10 a 18 hs. Cerrado el 1°|5
Tomen el Costera en Alem o el Plaza en la avenida 9 de julio.
( micros). No tomen el tren.
En cuanto a las salas yo personalmente no he visto restricciones al acceso. Si, a veces pasa que por razones de estudio pueden no haber determinados objetos .Eso no lo se.Exitos!
Written 24 April 2018
Desde chica que voy y siempre me fascina! Hoy leí que durante la Campaña del Desierto llevaron al museo una flia de indios importantes para esclavizarlos y luego los mataron porque usaron para la Ciencia,que desepcion y cruel realidad
Written 12 February 2018
La verdad, desconozco esa información. Perdón por no poder
responderte. gracias
Written 12 February 2018
He ido siempre fines de semana. Desconozco feriados.
Saludos!
Written 21 June 2017
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