Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
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The National Museum of Natural Sciences (Template:Langx) 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).
History
The museum traces back its origin to the Template:Ill, created in 1771 by Charles III. The gabinete was refounded as Real Museo de Historia Natural in 1815.Template:Sfn It changed names until its current denomination,[1] received in 1913.[2] 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:
- The holotype specimen of Megatherium americanum, brought from Argentina in 1789.
- A Diplodocus donated by Andrew Carnegie to Alfonso XIII of Spain in 1913.[3]
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Section of Natural History
Diplodocus and other fossils -
Section of Natural History
Megatherium skeleton -
Section of Natural History
Stegosaurus skeleton -
Section of Natural History
Iberomesornis model -
Mediterranean section
Gorgonian -
Mediterranean section
Giant squid model
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Research
The research departments of the museum are:
References
- Citations
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- ↑ 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 Template:Webarchive (in spanish).
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- Bibliography
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External links
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- Website
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, MNCN - CSIC at Google Cultural Institute
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