Museo Carmen Funes
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| Location | Plaza Huincul, Argentina |
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| Coordinates | 38°55′52″S 69°11′38″W / 38.931111111111°S 69.193888888889°W |
| Type | museum  |
| Website | museocarmenfunes |
  Location of Museo Carmen Funes | |
Museo Municipal Carmen Funes, or, the Carmen Funes Municipal Museum, is a
paleontological
collection.
Overview
The founder and director of the museum is the Argentine paleontologist Rodolfo Coria. The museum has an exhibition area, workshops for preparing fossils, and stores. Field work, often in cooperation with American museums, continues in fossil-rich Patagonia. The museum's collections include 11 holotype specimens.
Significant past exhibits include:
- "Tiniest Giants: Discovering Dinosaur Eggs"[1]: Features the sauropod eggs and embryoes from Patagonia, in cooperation with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
- "Giants of the Mesozoic"[2]: Features a mock battle between the largest terrestrial predator known, the Atlanta, Georgia.
The museum was established in 1984 with municipal funding, and has become a significant
postal code 8318), east of the intersection of National Route 22
and Provincial Route 17.
External links
- "Carmen Funes Museum". Inter Patagonia. (Spanish version)
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