Pabellón Nacional de la Biodiversidad / Instituto de Biología, Natural history museum at Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City.
The Pabellón Nacional de la Biodiversidad displays millions of specimens including insects, butterflies, and plants across six permanent exhibition halls within its 12,000 square meters.
The museum building was established in 2021 through a donation from Fundación Slim and functions as part of the Centro Cultural Universitario at UNAM.
The institution maintains four national collections of vertebrates, encompassing fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, alongside an extensive wood collection of 130,000 specimens.
The museum opens Tuesday through Sunday from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, offering free admission and access to a digital library with educational resources.
The facility integrates a botanical garden and research laboratories where scientists study environmental changes through dendrochronology and specimen preservation techniques.
Location: Mexico City
Operator: Iniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Address: Cto. Centro Cultural, C.U., Coyoacán, 04510 Ciudad de México, CDMX
Website: http://pabio.ib.unam.mx
GPS coordinates: 19.31211,-99.18353
Latest update: March 3, 2025 10:11
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