La Plata Museum
The La Plata Museum is a natural history museum in La Plata, Argentina. It is part of the Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo of the National University of La Plata.Photo: Aibdescalzo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours: public holidays and Wednesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
- Email: museo@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in La Plata, Argentina
- Also known as: “Museo de Ciencias Naturales”, “Museo de Ciencias Naturales de La Plata”, and “Natural History Museum of La Plata”
- Address: Pasaje Profesor Doctor Mario Egidio Teruggi, La Plata, B1900FWA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museo de Astronomía y Geofísica and Curutchet House.
Museo de Astronomía y Geofísica
Museum
Photo: Juandedeboca, CC BY 4.0.
Museo de Astronomía y Geofísica is a museum, which is situated 230 metres east of La Plata Museum.
Curutchet House
Photo: Danielsantiago9128, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Curutchet House, La Plata, Argentina, is a building by Le Corbusier. It was commissioned by Dr. Pedro Domingo Curutchet, a surgeon, in 1948 and included a small medical office on the ground floor. Curutchet House is situated 640 metres southwest of La Plata Museum.
La Plata Zoo and Botanical Garden
Zoo
Photo: Mikelzubi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Plata Zoo and Botanical Garden is situated 310 metres northwest of La Plata Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Plata and Villa Elvira.
La Plata
Photo: Arturblas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Plata is the capital city of Buenos Aires Province. This planned city is recognized for its layout, a perfect square with the "Historic Axis" preserved intact until today; and for the outstanding design of the diagonals that cross it forming rhombuses within its contour, forests and squares placed exactly every six blocks.
Villa Elvira
Town
Villa Elvira is a neighborhood in Argentina, dependent of the La Plata city located in the La Plata Partido of Buenos Aires Province. Villa Elvira is situated 2½ km southeast of La Plata Museum.
Tolosa
Town
Tolosa is a town located in the La Plata Partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is part of the Greater La Plata metropolitan area. Tolosa is the birthplace of former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Tolosa is situated 3½ km west of La Plata Museum.
La Plata Museum
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: La Plata Partido, Buenos Aires, Pampas, Argentina, South America
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Latitude
-34.90899° or 34° 54′ 32″ southLongitude
-57.93546° or 57° 56′ 8″ westOperator
Universidad Nacional de La PlataOpen location code
48Q433R7+CROpenStreetMap ID
node 3745540565OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q1798541
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“La Plata Museum” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Muséu de La Plata”
- Belarusian: “Музей Ла-Платы”
- Catalan: “Museo de La Plata”
- Catalan: “Museu de La Plata”
- Chinese: “拉普拉塔博物館”
- Chinese: “拉普拉塔博物馆”
- Chinese: “拉普拉塔自然科學博物館”
- Czech: “Laplatské muzeum”
- Czech: “Museo de La Plata”
- Dutch: “La Plata Museum”
- French: “MLP”
- French: “Musée de La Plata”
- French: “Museo de Ciencias Naturales de La Plata”
- French: “Museo de La Plata”
- German: “La-Plata-Museum”
- German: “Museo de Ciencias Naturales de La Plata”
- German: “Museo de La Plata”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון לה פלטה”
- Hungarian: “La Plata-i Múzeum”
- Hungarian: “MLP”
- Hungarian: “Museo de La Plata”
- Italian: “MLP”
- Italian: “Museo de Ciencias Naturales de La Plata”
- Italian: “Museo de La Plata”
- Japanese: “ラプラタ博物館”
- Portuguese: “MLP”
- Portuguese: “Museo de Ciencias Naturales de La Plata”
- Portuguese: “Museu de La Plata”
- Russian: “Музей Ла-Платы”
- Spanish: “Museo de La Plata”
- Ukrainian: “Музей Ла-Плати”
- “MLP”
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