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With an international team, museum researchers helped discover a new and unusual
species called Brachytrachelopan mesai, a short-necked sauropod. Egidio Feruglio was
an Italian paleontologist who came to Argentina in 1925 as a petroleum geologist for
YPF.
Kids aged eight to 12 can check out the 'Explorers in Pyjamas' program, which invites
kids to sleep over and explore the museum by flashlight. The museum also sponsors in-
teresting group tours to Geoparque Paleontológico Bryn Gwyn, in the badlands along the
Río Chubut (25km from Trelew, or 8km south of Gaiman via RP5). The three-hour
guided visits are a walk through time, visiting exposed fossils dating as far back as the
Tertiary, some 40 million years ago.
Museo de Artes Visuales MUSEUM
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( 443-3774; Mitre 351; 8am-8pm Mon-Fri, 2-8pm Sat & Sun) Adjoined to the tour-
ist office, this small visual-arts museum features works on loan from the Museo Nacional
de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires, as well as some polished relics from Welsh coloniza-
tion.
Museo Regional Pueblo de Luis MUSEUM
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( 442-4062; cnr Av Fontana & Lewis Jones; admission AR$2; 8am-8pm Mon-Fri, 2-8pm Sat &
Sun) In a former train station, this small museum displays historical photographs, cloth-
ing and period furnishings of Welsh settlers, along with relics from the area's indigenous
peoples.
Tours
Several travel agencies run excursions to Área Natural Protegida Punta Tombo (AR$330,
plus AR$78 admission), some passing by Puerto Rawson on the way back to see Com-
merson's dolphins (toninas overas), known as the world's smallest dolphin, when condi-
tions are agreeable. The actual time at Punta Tombo is only about 1½ hours. Full-day
trips to Península Valdés (AR$450) are also on offer, but going to Puerto Madryn first is
a better bet: there are more options, prices are similar and there's less driving time.
Local tour agencies worth checking out include Amex representative Nievemar
OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP ( 443-4114; www.nievemartours.com.ar ; Italia 20) , which
accepts travelers checks, as well as Alcamar Travel OFFLINE MAP
(
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442-1448; San Martín 146) .
 
 
 
 
 
 
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