Museo de Historia Natural UNMSM

The Museum of Natural History is an academic institution belonging to the National University of San Marcos de Lima, responsible for collecting, researching and exhibiting organisms and representative samples of the natural heritage of Peru and humanity in relation to flora, fauna and gea, in order to generate scientific knowledge and impart it at all levels. The specimens of such samples are studied, conserved and kept in the Museum, forming Specialized Scientific Collections.

Research and dissemination The Museum combines research and dissemination of the natural wealth that Peru has.

The research is carried out by the research professors in each of the departments in which the organizational structure of the Museum of Natural History is divided, and which are the specialized academic areas, which work with the Museum's Scientific Collections. These academic dependencies that are located around the central building of the Museum, focus on research on taxonomy, ecology and biogeography.

The work dissemination of the Museum is done through its exhibition halls, conferences and publications. The Museum offers the visiting public, through its exhibition halls, an overview of the diversity of life forms and gea of Peru, both current and past. It also shows us landscapes of Peru's natural environments through dioramas. The exhibition halls of the Museum are: Mammals, Primates, Invertebrates, Reptiles and Amphibians, Birds, Botany, Fossils, Dinosaurs, Fish, and Minerals.

Source: museohn.unmsm.edu.pe

Mail to separate guided in the MHN: guiados.mhn@gmail.com