HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
The beginnings of the Natural and Cultural History Museum of Atacama Desert go back more than three decades ago when before becoming the current institution, it emerged as a family utopia.
Av. Bernardo O´Higgins s/n Interior Parque El Loa, Calama.
Monday to Friday 10:00 am to 13:00 pm and from 15:00 pm until 18:30 pm
PUBLICATIONS
Calama Museum Quaternary Paleontological Collections:
Description of an Opache Chile fossil horse jaw:
ELasmosaurids XIV CGCh:
NEWS
AN IMPORTANT FINDING OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL CHARACTER IN THE WEST AREA OF CALAMA
Personnel in charge belonging to the Natural and Cultural History Museum of the Atacama Desert made an important finding of an ax from Argentinian Northwest cultures.
THE FROGLET OF LOA: AMBASSADOR OF THE CHILEAN FAUNA IN 2020
For the first time, the illustrative species of Chilean fauna have a new representative on its list, an amphibian which has been selected with the clear objective of raising awareness and educating about the imperative need to conserve and protect our native species.
PALEONTOLOGISTS FIND VESTIGES OF A PLIOSAUR IN CALAMA
The discovery of fossil remains in Cerritos Bayos, proves the existence of the most lethal marine predator of the Jurassic era.
AMERICAN ACTOR AND ACTIVIST LEONARDO DICAPRIO JOIN THE CAUSE TO SAVE THE FROGS OF THE LOA
The rescue of the last specimens of the Telmatobius dankoi was published recently. These species known as…
“THE VISIT YOUR SCHOOL MUSEUM” PROGRAM ARRIVED AT PLANETA TIERRA KINDERGARDEN
Remaining these visits to educational institution and organizations of Calama and Alto Loa, the Museum of Natural and Cultural History of the Atacama Desert arrived for the first time a nursery school.
Osvaldo Rojas Mondaca Museum Director and Heritage and Museums Supervisor of the Culture and Tourism Corporation of Calama.
Today is an expected day where an eternal connection between our museum and its public begins…
OPINION COLUMN
Osvaldo Rojas Mondaca Museum Director and Heritage and Museums Supervisor of the Culture and Tourism Corporation of Calama.
Today is an expected day where an eternal connection between our museum and its public begins…