Museo Nacional de Historia Natural "Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano"

Description

The Museo Nacional de Historia Natural “Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano” is an institution of the Dominican State oriented to the study and conservation of the natural heritage of Hispaniola and the Caribbean region, as well as to education and scientific dissemination. Located in the Plaza de la Cultura Juan Pablo Duarte, César Nicolás Penson street, Santo Domingo, it was built in 1974 and opened its doors to the public in 1982. It is an autonomous institution with legal and budgetary status, attached to the Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales through the General Law on the Environment and Natural Resources (Law 64-00). Our reference collection houses about 120,000 specimens and 500 types from various zoological groups: birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, fish, arthropods, marine invertebrates, and others, as well as vertebrate fossils. These groups of collections are distributed in three deposits.

Contacts

ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Carlos Suriel
Telephone: 8096890106
email: c.suriel@mnhn.gov.do

TECHNICAL_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Gabriel de los Santos
Telephone: 8295697050
email: g.delossantos@mnhn.gov.do

POINT_OF_CONTACT
Celeste Mir
Telephone: 8096890106
email: c.mir@mnhn.gov.do

Museo Nacional de Historia Natural "Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano"
Calle César Nicolás Penson, Plaza de la Cultura Juan Pablo Duarte
Santo Domingo
10204
Distrito Nacional
DO
email: c.mir@mnhn.gov.do