Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

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National Museum of Natural Sciences
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
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Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Established1771
Location Madrid, Spain
Coordinates 40°26′28″N3°41′25″W / 40.441036°N 3.690292°W / 40.441036; -3.690292
Type Natural history museum
Visitors500,000 per year
DirectorRafael Zardoya
Website www.mncn.csic.es

The National Museum of Natural Sciences (Spanish : Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales) is a natural history museum in Madrid, Spain. Dependent on the Ministry of Science, it is one of the National Museums of Spain, and it is managed by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).

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History

The museum traces back its origin to the Real Gabinete de Historia Natural  [ es ], created in 1771 by Charles III. The gabinete was refounded as Real Museo de Historia Natural in 1815. [1] It changed names until its current denomination, [2] received in 1913. [3] The museum originally hosted a collection donated by a Spanish merchant, Pedro F. Dávila. In 1867, some facilities were separated to give birth to other museums (Archeology, Botanic Garden, Zoologic Garden). In 1987 the museum was restructured and enlarged with funds from two smaller museums.

Collection

Some of the more relevant components of the museum collections are:



Research

The research departments of the museum are:

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References

Citations
  1. Martín Albaladejo 2014, p. 4.
  2. "Historia del Museo". Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. De Beni, Matteo (2019). "Georges Cuvier en España. La traducción de José Garriga y Baucís de Lecciones elementales de la historia natural de los animales". Quaderns de Filologia: Estudis Lingüístics. 24. Valencia: Universitat de València: 323. ISSN   1135-416X.
  4. Pérez García, A. y Sánchez Chillón, B., "Revista Española de Paleontología" vol.24 nr.2, page 133-148 (2009) Historia de Diplodocus carnegii del MNCN: primer esqueleto de dinosaurio montado en la Península Ibérica Archived 2013-06-12 at the Wayback Machine (in spanish).
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