Natural science museums in Latin America 2022

As of October 2022, Brazil was the Latin American country with the largest number of natural science museums, with 175 in total. Argentina and Mexico followed, with 103 and 54 establishments, respectively.

Number of natural science museums in Latin America as of October 2022, by country

Characteristic	Number of museums*
Brazil	175
Argentina	103
Mexico	54
Peru	30
Colombia	27
Venezuela	15
Uruguay	15
Ecuador	14
Chile	13
Bolivia	10
Paraguay	6
Costa Rica	6
Cuba	5
Nicaragua	5
Guatemala	3
Dominican Republic	3
Panama	3
Puerto Rico	2
El Salvador	1
Belize	1

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October 2022

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Region

LAC

Survey time period

October 5, 2022**

Special properties

including museums of natural history*

Supplementary notes

*Museums dedicated to the exhibition of subjects related to one or more of the following disciplines: biology, botany, geology, zoology, paleontology, ecology, among others.
**The source does not provide an exact date of publication. The release date corresponds to the date of access.

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