Florentino Ameghino Museum

Primary School No. 237
9 de Julio 535
Tel. 03735-496417
Open Mondays through Fridays from 8 to 12a.m.

This museum occupies two of the classrooms in this school. It was created upon the initiative of one of its teachers, Petra Nestoroff. It originally focused on natural sciences but nowadays includes a wide assortment of exhibits. Amongst the pieces on display, there are butterflies and insects from all over the world. There are also fossils, marine archaeological remains and a collection of over 2,000 pieces of pottery. It also has more than 200 stuffed animals including both birds and mammals, as well as vipers, snakes, toads and, fishes in jars. In addition to this, there are over two thousand shells and nests of different birds in the area. In the so-called Corner of Faith, bibles in 14 different languages are on display as well as sacred and popular images belonging to all the faiths in the world.

San Bernardo
San Bernardo lies 230km away from Resistencia. Upon leaving Resistencia one must take national route No.16 up to its intersection with national route No.95, then switch to route No.95 up to provincial route No.6, turn off on this route and travel 4km towards the East.