Museo de Ciencias Naturales y Antropológicas Juan Cornelio Moyano

The Museo de Ciencias Naturales y Antropológicas Juan Cornelio Moyano in Mendoza, Argentina, houses over 150,000 specimens across various scientific disciplines, offering educational exhibits and research opportunities.

Planning your visit

The Moyano museum in Mendoza holds over 150,000 specimens across palaeontology, zoology, botany, archaeology and anthropology, accumulated since 1911, and it functions as a research institution for the Cuyo region.

Mendoza sits between the Andes and the desert, and the collections reflect that: Andean fauna, desert species, fossil material from Argentine deposits which are among the richest in the world, and archaeological and ethnographic holdings covering the Huarpe peoples and the wider region's Indigenous history, including material relating to Inca presence in the southern Andes.

A mummy of a child found on a high Andean peak is among the more significant and sensitive holdings.

The museum's presentation is traditional and academic rather than interactive.

Mendoza is Argentina's wine capital and the base for Aconcagua, so most visitors are there for other reasons.

Bookable options include private museum tours. Current availability is listed below.