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Museum of the Sea (Uruguay)

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301: 277: 289: 313: 24: 265: 64: 325: 214:, a deep sea room, interactive exhibits, an area where children can draw their own pictures, a section devoted to pirates and another to treasure. The Beach Resort Museum shows the history of holiday resorts, some of which are now city neighbourhoods, such as 202:. This huge collection of objects, exhibits, photographs and stories is the work of the museum's creator, Pablo Etchegaray. This self-taught collector began his collection of marine-related items many years ago. 238:
objects such as jars, tins, radio sets, medical remedies, photographs, and beach-related items such as beach umbrellas and pails that were used decades ago. Three collections and 38,000 specimens of
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The Museum of the Sea is composed of four museums in one. In the Museum of the Sea, everything is related to marine life: whale skeletons,
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shells. In addition, there are old photographs and an old bathing machine used by women in the early days of the 20th century, as well as
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The museum contains over 5,000 specimens of marine fauna, all of which are clearly labelled. Among these specimens are
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of the period. There is also an exhibit about the most famous
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are exhibited in the Insectarium. Most of the specimens are
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El Tesoro
Uruguay
Coordinates
34°53′56″S 54°52′13″W / 34.89889°S 54.87028°W / -34.89889; -54.87028
Museum of the Sea
Spanish
museum
natural history
La Barra
Maldonado
Uruguay
whale
sea urchins
starfish
turtle
telescopes
blunderbusses
pirates
seashells
Pocitos
Carrasco
Punta del Este
Mar del Plata
Copacabana
vintage
insects
beetles
moths
cicadas

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