Sunday, 3 April 2016

Visiting the Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid

Our students have visited the Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid.

Palacio de las Artes e Industrias (Madrid) 01.jpg
By Luis García, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6067824





The museum has over 6 million specimens in its collections, and this makes it one of the main reference centres for not only Spanish fauna, but also that of other Mediterranean areas. It also offers a journey back through time via collections with centuries of history. Spectacular specimens can be viewed, such as:

Elefante disecado MCNM.jpg
By José-Manuel Benito Álvarez (España) —> Locutus Borg - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1899383



Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Madrid)-Sala de Historia Natural.jpg
By José-Manuel Benito Álvarez (España) —> Locutus Borg - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1932235



Megatherium americanum1.jpg
By Xauxa Håkan Svensson - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12888413



Iberomesornis-model.jpg
By José-Manuel Benito Álvarez (España) —> Locutus Borg - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1932499



Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Madrid)-Gorgonia.jpg
By José-Manuel Benito Álvarez (España) —> Locutus Borg - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1932633



Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Madrid)-Architeuthis.jpg
By José-Manuel Benito Álvarez (España) —> Locutus Borg - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1932480

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