Sea Museum

The Museum of the Sea, opened in 1996, is a museum of natural history located in La Barra, in the department of Maldonado, Uruguay. It occupies about 2,300 m2 and is divided into four large halls, which are open to the public all year round.

Photo: Fedaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Opening hours: 10:30 AM—5:30 PM
Type: Museum
Description: Museum in Uruguay
Also known as: “Museum of the Sea”
Address: 20001 Romildo Risso

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manantiales and Barrio Hipódromo.

Manantiales

Village

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Manantiales is a resort in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay. In the Spanish language in the Americas, a manantial means spring. Manantiales is situated 4½ km east of Sea Museum.

Barrio Hipódromo

Town

Barrio Hipódromo is a small town in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay. Its name is derived from the horse racing track that is located there. Barrio Hipódromo is situated 8 km northwest of Sea Museum.

Maldonado

Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.

Maldonado is a city on the Atlantic coast of Uruguay, just north of the beach town of Punta del Este.

Sea Museum

Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: San Carlos, Maldonado Department, Uruguay, South America
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Latitude

-34.89896° or 34° 53′ 56″ south

Longitude

-54.87036° or 54° 52′ 13″ west

Open location code

48Q7442H+CV

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

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In Other Languages

From German to Spanish—“Sea Museum” goes by many names.

German: “Museo del Mar”
Polish: “Muzeum Morza”
Portuguese: “Museu do Mar”
Spanish: “Museo del Mar”

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