Regional Museums

Visiting the Patagonian museums is a way of having a close link with the life, the customs and the natural environment of its communities.

Paleontology, archeology, history are some of the disciplines developed in these sections dedicated to witness the culture of the region.

Through each one of the corridors listed in the menu on the left, you can virtually access a wide range of sites, true invaluable refuges of the Patagonian identity. Because not only is a museum a look into the past; it is also a look into the inside.

Paleontology

Approximately 65 million years ago, a large percentage of vegetables and animals suddenly became extinct. It was in the late Cretaceous period and there are various theories about it. Some scientists attribute this event to a gradual process that finally led to selective extinction. Others assert that a catastrophe, such as an asteroid hitting the Earth, caused these species mass extinction.

Patagonia hot springs

Patagonia has a great deal of geographical faults with remarkable geothermal and volcanic activity. These features explain the existence of various sources with hot spring waters. The diversity existing in this area of South America ranges from warm water issuing from the ground, rich in minerals, to geysers with boiling water.