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Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

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Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Phone:
+34 914 11 13 28

Hours:
Sunday10am - 8pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday10am - 5pm
Wednesday10am - 5pm
Thursday10am - 5pm
Friday10am - 5pm
Saturday10am - 8pm


The Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales is the National Museum of Natural History of Spain. It is situated in the center of Madrid, by the Paseo de la Castellana. It is managed by the Spanish National Research Council. The Museum was created in 1772 by Charles III of Spain as the Gabinete Real de Historia Natural, changing names several times until its current denomination. The museum originally hosted a collection donated by a Spanish merchant, Pedro F. Dávila. In 1867, some facilities were separated to give birth to other museums . In 1987 the museum was restructured and enlarged with funds from two smaller museums. Some of the more relevant components of the Museum collections are: A Megatherium brought from Argentina in 1789. A Diplodocus donated by Andrew Carnegie to Alfonso XIII of Spain in 1913.The museum shares a big building, the Palacio de Exposiciones de las Artes e Industrias, with the Industrial Engineering School of the Technical University of Madrid. The research departments of the museum are: Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology Evolutionary Ecology Paleobiology Vulcanology Geology
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