Museological Complex of the "Félix Bernasconi" Institute

"Dr Juan B. Terán" Geographical Museum and
"Dr Ángel Gallardo" Museum of Natural Sciences

Cátulo Castillo 2750
Tel. 4941-3777 / 4941-5550
Open Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Holidays coincide with school vacations

In 1929, Rosario Vera Peñaloza, a sculptress, artist, engraver, and teacher from the Province of La Rioja, deservedly called "the epitome of Argentine teachers", created the artistic and cultural foundations of the First Argentine Museum for elemental schools, nowadays known as the Museological Complex of the "Félix Bernasconi Institute, with its geographical and natural science museums. This vast wealth was subsequently enlarged thanks to the indefatigable and unremunerated work of its founder.
The Geographical Museum has different halls devoted to geological eras, fossil remains, aspects of soil, pottery, numismatics, collections of medals, provincial coats of arms, Argentine folklore, a rural store, and the "pulpería" (Spanish American rural grocery store and drinking establishment) La Surtida.
The Museum of natural Sciences exhibits a section on zoology, including vertebrates and invertebrates; natural habitats ; aquatic communities; mineralogy and rooms devoted to education focussed on health, featuring the different systems and senses of the human body.