Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales | |
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| Established | 1771 |
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| 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 |
| Visitors | 500,000 per year |
| Director | Rafael Zardoya |
| Website | www |
TheNational Museum of Natural Sciences (Spanish:Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales) is anatural history museum inMadrid, Spain. Dependent on theMinistry of Science, it is one of the National Museums of Spain, and it is managed by theSpanish National Research Council (CSIC).
The museum traces back its origin to theReal Gabinete de Historia Natural [es], created in 1771 byCharles III. Thegabinete was refounded asReal 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.
Some of the more relevant components of the museum collections are:
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The research departments of the museum are:
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