"Domingo Faustino Sarmiento" Museum of Natural Sciences

Av. San Francisco de Asís no number General San Martín Park Agricultural School and Lyceum
Tel. 0261-4281133
Open Mondays through Saturdays from 8a.m. to 5p.m.

This museum of natural sciences comprises four halls. It harbors a collection of birds and mammals stuffed by the taxidermist José Lorca who trained under a traveling Englishman who was touring the province of Mendoza. It has halls devoted to Mineralogy, Archaeology and Zoology. It belongs to the Agricultural and Oenological Lyceum of the National University of Cuyo. In general, the material exhibited is gathered by the students of natural sciences. The collection also includes species with malformations. The sector devoted to mineralogy contains material that traces geological evolution. It also has an area devoted to the different plant species. This museum is visited by schoolchildren.

Mendoza
The city of Mendoza is the capital of the Province of Mendoza and lies 747 m. above sea level and 1,099 km. away from the city of Buenos Aires along national route No.7. Mendoza was founded by Pedro del Castillo in 1561 but was destroyed by an earthquake on 20 March, 1861. The city lies at the foot of the mountain range flanking the Andes and has over 800,000 inhabitants. It is a neat modern city with a large number of drainage ditches and green areas. Its streets witnessed the exploits of our national hero San Martín during his campaigns to liberate Argentina, Chile and Peru. The province is the main wine producing center in America endowed with wonderful environmental conditions for the production of wine. Amongst the sites worth visiting are the Basilica of St. Francis that harbors numerous documents related to San Martín's campaign; the ruins of the Temple of St. Francis; the Government House that preserves the flag of the Andes Army, the Arts and Crafts Market, the Alameda (public walk lined with poplar trees), the "Mirador" (natural scenic viewpoint) terrace, the Civic Center and the San Martín Park.