Museo de Historia Natural de Valparaiso
The Valparaíso Natural History Museum (MHNV), is a public institution, dependent on the National Service of Cultural Heritage, which is related to the Chilean government through the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage.
Founded in 1878, by the outstanding teacher, Eduardo de la Barra, it is the first regional museum and the second oldest in Chile. Installed on the premises of the Lyon Palace, a building that is a National Monument; it has an important collection of museum pieces belonging to natural sciences, history, archeology and anthropology, estimated at 60,000 objects, of which 30,958 objects have been inventoried to date.