Located in the residential and prosperous barrio of Caballito, the Argentinean Museum of Natural Sciences is the country's largest natural history collection. The museum combines traditional and modern exhibits, ranging from large-scale skeletal remains to giant sharks hanging in fluorescent-painted rooms. The museums' permanent exhibition includes rooms devoted to a wide range of topics, from botany and geology to paleontology and zoology. The reconstruction of ancient Patagonian dinosaurs, the biggest and best maintained of its kind in South America, deserves special praise. The richly populated tropical aquarium is also worthy of a detailed tour.
The slogan of the museum is "Touching Allowed". Children have a great time moving, switching and pressing levers, buttons and pedals along the way, getting a true "hands on experience". The idea behind the project is that kids learn the basic notions of science, while playing different games. Throughout the museum, they can experiment with laser beams, see how a huge camera works and even fly. The museum is divided into thematic modules. There are, for example, sectors dedicated to visual perception, electricity, magnetism and food. All these ingenious games are intended for kids between six and fifteen years of age, but adults can also participate, have fun and may be learn some too. The museum operates on weekend hours during the summer months.
An expansive exhibition covering the fields of science and technology, Technopolis is a must-visit for anyone who is remotely interested in the field. Inaugurated by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner herself, the exhibition comprises of more than 100 stands that allows visitors to see the products of the efforts of Argentinian scientists over the years, scientific presentations by known names like Vicente Barros and Nora Sabelli as well as separate sections dedicated to industry and art. If you want to know more about Argentina's contribution to the field of science, a visit to Technopolis will reap rewards.