Scientific and Technical Museum

Las Heras 2214
School of Engineering of the University of Buenos Aires
Tel. 4514-3003
Timetable: Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 7p.m.,
Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Holidays : January

This museum is housed in the Neogothic building belonging to the School of Engineering of the University of Buenos Aires. A visit to the museum offers an insight into the past, present and future of engineering. Exhibits include old the odolites used during geodesic campaigns carried out at the turn of the century in our country, and a practical demonstration of the Pythagorean Theorem. There is a complete collection of calculators starting off by a Chinese abacus and ending up in a miniature solar powered calculator. There are scale models of the fastest trains in the world, and there is also a scale model of a steam engine with its driving wheel complete with piston in movement.
There is also an area in the museum devoted to oil prospecting. One can touch the drills used in the oil industry to drill through the Earths crust. One can also contemplate - and partake in the amazement experienced by the people of the time - the experiment performed by Foucault to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth. This is the only demonstration of its kind in all Latin America. To finish off, one can observe an exact replica of the lamp invented by Thomas Edison.
Temporary exhibitions of different topics are offered during the year.