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Museo de la Patagonia "Dr. Francisco Moreno"
| Address: | Centro Civico, 8400 San Carlos de Bariloche |
| Year of foundation: | 1940 |
| Collections: | Natural and cultural history of Patagonia. |
Museo del Fin del Mundo [Museum of the End of the World]
| [Museum of the End of the World] | |
| Website: | www.interpatagonia.com/paseos/museofindelmundo/ |
| Address: | Maipu 177, 9410 Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego |
| Telephone: | +54-901-21863 |
| Fax: | +54-901-21863 |
Museo Maritimo de Ushuaia
| Website: | www.museomaritimo.com |
| Address: | El Presidio, Yaganes y Gabernadar Paz, Ushuaia, 9410 Tierra del Fuego |
| E-mail: | museomar@satlink.com |
| Telephone: | +45-2901-437481 |
| Collections: | Antarctic collections include natural history and history of exploration. Several exhibits illustrate Nordenskjold's Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) for which the museum holds many artifacts brought back following conservation work at Snow Hill and Hope Bay. Also exhibys for Belgian Antarctic Expedition of de Gerlache (1897-99). Good collection of ship models including several polar; models of aircraft and helicopters used on Argentine Antarctic expeditions. Also art gallery with Antarctic paintings. |
Museo Naval de la Nacion
| Address: | Paseo Victoria 620, Tigre, 1648 Buenos Aires |
| Telephone: | +54-1-749-0608 |
| Year of foundation: | 1892 |
| Collections: | National maritime museum with permanent galleries on Argentine naval and merchant naval history, much relating to the Southern Ocean including: models of ships making Antarctic voyages during the 18th and 19th centuries; artefacts from Nordenskjold's expedition (1901-04); model of Uruguay; and medal commemorating 1962 flight to South Pole. |