Museum in the Lisbon Region of Portugal
The
Sintra Natural History Museum
(
Portuguese
:
Museu de Historia Natural de Sintra
) is a
museum
of
natural history
located in the historic center of the
village of Sintra
.
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The museum has both at national and international level due to the quality and rarity of many of its exhibits.
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History
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The museum was established in 2009 in the building of the 19th century (1893), and displays thousands of pieces having scientific importance gathered by the collector Miguel Barbosa and his wife Fernanda Barbosa.
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Children of Eduardo and his wife donated this
entomological
and
malacological
estate to the Municipality of
Sintra
, and then they are placed in the Sintra Natural History Museum.
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Overview
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The museum has a temporary exhibition room prepared for hosting exhibitions and events; reserve and laboratory for treatment and study of the pieces; a small specialized documentation service; as well as a store in addition to a permanent exhibition room. The educational service of the museum displays presentation permanent exhibition to “tell a story” ? the formation of the primitive Earth and mutations it has undergone over the millions of years of the different
geological epochs
, from
Precambrian
to
Quaternary
. It shows the whole evolution of life through the municipal collections of
paleontology
,
mineralogy
,
malacology
and
petrography
from the most diversified parts of the world.
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Collections
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It is the 4th natural history museum in the region of Great Lisbon (
Portuguese
:
Regiao da Grande Lisboa
) and differs with its uniqueness having pieces covering all the continents of the Earth. There are more than 10000
fossils
, a collection of
trilobites
and some rare and well preserved specimens of
dinosaurs
. Minerals with parts of rock, isolated and stoned minerals are also exhibited.
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The museum is composed of a collection of
paleontology
(9416 fossils); a collection of
mineralogy
(900 minerals); A collection of
malacology
(1347 shells); A collection of
petrography
(544 samples of rocks).
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Bivalves
and some
gastropods
from diverse origins are exhibited In malacology collection. In the petrography collection, not only the main rocks from the national areas, but also the
Nantan meteorite
and others are displayed to visitors.
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Exhibits
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See also
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List of museums in Portugal
References
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