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Museu de Ciências Naturais da Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul

paleontology, Natural history museum. in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ10333815 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Museu de Ciências Naturais da Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul ("Museum of Natural Sciences of the Rio Grande do Sul Zoobotanical Foundation"), is a Brazilian museum located inside the Porto Alegre Botanical Garden. Open from Monday to Sunday 9am to 12pm and from 13h30 to 17h.

Emerged in 1954 from the breakup of a natural history collection of the Júlio de Castilhos Museum.

The permanent exhibition features 49 windows, that approach the richness of species native to Rio Grande do Sul, both flora and fauna. The show is organized in an evolutionary sequence: plant today, groups of animals and paleontological showcases. In this way, show the characteristic fauna of various ecosystems of the state: swamp, field and forest.

Paleontology

Here is an exhibition of fossils found in the geopark of paleorrota, besides contributing to publications on the subject.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Museu de Ciências Naturais da Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul” as paleontology, Natural history museum. in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1954—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1954-01-01, 1955—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. The account is most persuasive where Museu, Ciências and Naturais can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as paleontology, Natural history museum. in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q10333815. VIAF identifies the subject as 137221894. The Library of Congress control number is n81143015. Authority coordinates are -30.052, -51.177. 6 of 8 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1954.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Museu de Ciências Naturais da Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul”, its source revision and the description used here.
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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Museu de Ciências Naturais da Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.