Rocks and fossils
Deep time.
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The Francisco P. Moreno Museum of Patagonia is housed in one of the buildings of Bariloche's famous Centro Cívico, with stone walls and dark timber in Alpine style. It is named after Francisco Moreno, the explorer and naturalist who travelled Patagonia in the nineteenth century and donated the land that became the seed of Argentina's national park system. The museum opened on 17 March 1940 together with the Centro Cívico, and was renovated and enlarged in 1992. Its rooms present the region's natural and human history: rocks and fossils, dioramas and cases on prehistoric cultures, objects of the Mapuche, Selknam, Tehuelche and Yámana peoples, and photographs and documents on the first explorers and the beginnings of Bariloche and Nahuel Huapi, Argentina's first national park. Entry is by voluntary contribution, open on weekdays in morning and afternoon sessions. Pair it with a walk around the Centro Cívico and the nearby lakefront.
Deep time.
Objects and tools.
Bariloche's beginnings.
Centro Cívico, central Bariloche
In the Centro Cívico downtown, open on weekdays for a voluntary contribution.
