29/09/14
Panamá estrena Biomuseo para dar a conocer su biodiversidad
The Biomuseo was designed by architect Frank Gehry. His works include the Disney Concert Hall, the Experience Music Project and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
Fernando Alda, Biomuseo
The Biomuseo is architect Frank Gehry’s foray into Latin America, the main challenge was to adapt to the tropical conditions of the country.
Fernando Alda, Biomuseo
This new museum is located on the Amador Causeway, a prominent entrance to the Panama Canal into the Pacific Ocean area.
Biomuseo
The Biomuseo has 4,000 square feet and will have eight permanent exhibition galleries that combine art and science.
Victoria Murillo, Biomuseo
The museum displays the rich biodiversity of Panama, welcoming visitors to the field of natural sciences. Here, the 'Gallery of Biodiversity'.
Biomuseo
Large projection screens give visitors a tour of the country's main natural beauties in the room 'Panamarama'.
Biomuseo
Gigantic fourteen meters high sculptures present visitors an encounter with the geological history that formed the Panamanian isthmus in the room 'The bridge arises'.
Biomuseo
In the room 'The Great Exchange', the visitor will see a stampede of animals of all ages, shapes and sizes who will talk about the exchange of species by the closing the Panamanian isthmus.
Victoria Murillo, Biomuseo
Visitors can relive the migrations of animal species that gave rise to the current biodiversity living in Panama.
Biomuseo
In the 'Human footprint' room, the history of human presence in the isthmus can be appreciated.
Biomuseo
Two big semicylindrical aquariums show how evolved the Pacific and the Caribbean to be separated by the creation of the Isthmus, in the room 'Divided oceans'.
Biomuseo
The museum is complemented by a botanical park designed by landscape architect Edwina von Gal. At the site you can find a selection of native and endemic plants of Panama.
Biomuseo
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Panamá estrena Biomuseo para dar a conocer su biodiversidad.