Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (National Museum of Natural History)

Frommer's Review

The museum's founder, Professor Jorge Ibarra, ran the place from its inception in 1950 until 1996, and his name was recently added to the official name of the museum. It's divided into 20 areas, from the Origin of the Universe to an area dedicated to us mammals. While this incarnation of a popular museum is not as extensive as others in major cities around the world, you won't find a room honoring the "Poc" species of duck, an animal native only to Guatemala and close to extinction, anywhere else. Accompanying the museum is a library of books on ecology meant for children.

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