Dinosaurs in Patagonia

What would you say if you could walk on the seabed fossils dating back millions of yearsThe beautiful Patagonia Argentina, invites you on this occasion, to walk among dinosaurs. In a space decorated with lights and sounds of the era, the Museo Egidio Feruglio offers a peculiar type route scenic.

The birth of the museum

Patagonia Argentina, has for many years, a privileged place at the time of the research palaeontological. According to the specialists have the potential scope of this discipline in the area, is comparable only to certain parts of the world, such as large deposits of Gobi (China) or Alberta (Canada).

The area has been growing receptacle campaigns scientific research, providing more and more amazing discoveries in the field.

Given these circumstances, both locals and professionals from the area, saw the need to establish a framework for the protection of discoveries for future generations.

Thus, in 1988, begins to form the Museo Egidio Feruglio, future site of the pieces discovered containment and development of various research programs and dissemination of knowledge acquired.

On December 28, 1990, the museum finally opens its doors to the public. In parallel, results in the creation of the Fundación Egidio Feruglio, which guides and supports the museum.

Since then, the fruitful work of the researchers of the museum, have been able to locate in the international framework as a benchmark in the area. Thus, constantly establishing partnerships with several major institutions such as American Museum of Natural History in the United States.

A film editing

Like their larger counterparts in the rest of the world, the MEF, sought to establish for the design of the display format of the story. This means that each of their rooms, looking to tell a story to the visitor, on a more vivid way, that reality prehistoric of which today we see only the footprints.

The script and the stage

The general assembly of the museum, was designed based on a script, a story, as happens in the film. That is why, in its various rooms can be found, different scenes.

Each space, is a theatrical setting in which the lights and sounds, are strategically placed.

For their part, exhibited dinosaurs (among which we find more than 7 original skeletons ) appear in hunting pose, showing off their bodies and contoured jaws threatening, among other scenes.

In one of his rooms more attractive you can see yourself walking on the sea floor fossil ago million years.

In his tour, the museum opens its doors with the first traces of the presence of human, through the first living organisms of the sea floor (rooms below).

Another of the characters we find among their samples, is the only horned carnivorous dinosaur that was found so far.

Birds and fish from the Jurassic, fossil dinosaur eggs and plants of the vast forests that covered Antarctica 250 million years ago (yes, the Patagonia was a warm and humid then) are other attractions we can see.