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National Natural History Museum


The Natural History Museum is an interesting and fascinating place that captures the history and most important elements of nature of the Hispaniola Island and the world. The National Natural History Museum was inaugurated in 1882.

In this museum you can appreciate the Dominican fauna and flora characteristics with endemic and foreign species.  The National Natural History Museum has a division of content according to knowledge areas: Universe Room, Earth Room, Ecological Room and Human Room.

In the museum spaces you can appreciate real ecosystems which demonstrate some species life in a natural way, according to environment they come from.

An important aspect is that this valuable museum was recently reorganized and remodeled to open again its doors to the public with better elements of culture and entertainment. Nowadays it has new attractions which include interactive exhibitions and demonstrations.

In the museum entrance enormous marine animal’s skeletons like whales are shown.  There are also turtles, insects, fishes and mammals exhibition as well as information about Enriquillo Lake and many others.

One of the most interesting attraction in the museum is the interactive demonstration in El Planetario, a very modern didactic show which is enjoy by the entire family members.

National Natural History Museum

Máximo Gómez Avenue, Plaza de Cultura, Santo Domingo.
Horario: Tuesdays to Sundays from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Tel: +1 809 689 0106

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