Pabellón Nacional de la Biodiversidad / Instituto de Biología

The Pabellón Nacional de la Biodiversidad is a museum and research institute on the university grounds with millions of specimens of insects, butterflies, and plants spread across six permanent exhibition halls spanning about 12,000 square meters (130,000 square feet). The building also houses a botanical garden and research laboratories where scientists study environmental changes.

The Pabellón Nacional de la Biodiversidad was established in 2021 through a donation from Fundación Slim and operates as part of UNAM's Centro Cultural Universitario. The institute builds on scientific work that the biology department had conducted long before the current building took shape.

The Pabellón Nacional de la Biodiversidad shows how people understand and study nature, with collections of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals reflecting the richness of Mexican wildlife and plants. Visitors can see how scientists work and what species live in this country.

The museum is located on the Ciudad Universitaria campus, which is accessible by public transportation and has parking available. The exhibition areas are clearly laid out, so visitors can move through at their own pace and explore.

The institute maintains four national collections of vertebrates and houses an extensive wood collection with around 130,000 specimens. Scientists use dendrochronology and specialized preservation techniques to research environmental changes.