"Juan Cornelio Moyano " Museum of Natural Sciences and Anthropology

Located on the corner of Av. de Circunvalación Arquitecto Thays and Av. Las Tipas General San Martín Park
Tel. 0261-4287666
Open Tuesdays through Fridays from 8a.m. to 1p.m. and from 2 to 7p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays from 3 to 7p. m.

This museum has three markedly different sectors. The sector devoted to Zoology harbors large and small verlebrates, an amazing sea turtle and a chameleon characterized by its ability to change the color of its skin. Most of the pieces are stuffed. Another sector is devoted to Mineralogy and Paleontology. Exhibits include trilobites, marine invertebrates that lived 500 million years ago. The age of large dinosaurs is also represented. There are silhouettes of amphibians, birds and mammals made according to scale, including one of a glyptodont and a toxodon, amongst others.
The sector devoted to Anthropology contains pre-Columbian and protohistoric archaeological objects.

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.