Interactive exhibits
How ice moves.
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The Glaciarium is an interpretation centre and museum devoted to glaciers and the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, opened in 2011 on a hill outside El Calafate with a view over Lago Argentino. Its 2,500-square-metre building is shaped to evoke a block of ice. Its halls hold modern exhibits on how glaciers form, move and melt, the history of exploring the ice field, and climate change and its effect on Patagonia's ice, with maps, models and interactive screens, plus a cinema showing a film on the region. Glaciologists oversee its scientific content. It is best visited before a Perito Moreno or Upsala trip, so what you see there makes more sense. A free shuttle runs from the town centre, and hours differ between high and low season.
How ice moves.
In the cinema.
From the hill.
On a hill at the entrance to El Calafate, overlooking Lago Argentino
Before: its exhibits explain how glaciers form and move, so the trip makes more sense.