Bernardino Rivadavia Museum of Natural Science

About This Place

The Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia (MACN) is Argentina's premier natural history museum, located in Parque Centenario in Buenos Aires. Founded in 1823, it houses outstanding collections of palaeontology, zoology, botany, mineralogy, and geology, including giant dinosaur skeletons and fossil megafauna from Patagonia. The museum is named after the Argentine statesman and scientist Bernardino Rivadavia, who championed scientific inquiry in the early republic. It is a great educational outing for families and children.