Cmasi · CC BY-SA 4.0Museo Científico Jakob Unger
A Chaco natural history museum with birds, mammals, insects and Indigenous objects, grown from the collection of Jakob Unger and his son.
What it is
On Avenida Hindenburg, this museum gathers much of what lives in the Chaco scrubland under one roof. It has mounted mammals, birds and insects, an ornithological collection of more than 190 of the roughly 250 species of the Central Chaco, and displays of the region's trees, shrubs and cacti. It also keeps ethnological objects from the Indigenous peoples of the Chaco, which makes it a good first stop to understand the landscape and its people before heading out into the bush.
What to see and do
- Central Chaco bird collection
- Mounted mammals and insects
- Indigenous ethnological objects
- Chaco flora display: trees, shrubs and cacti
Did you know…?
It shows more than 190 of the roughly 250 bird species estimated for the Central Chaco.
It is part of the Fernheim colony museum circuit, all along the same avenue.
History
The collection began with the research of Jakob Unger and his son, later donated and expanded with the support of the Fernheim Association.
Tips
- Combine it with the Knelsenhaus, the Casa de la Colonia and the Industrial Museum, all a few blocks away.
- Several Fernheim museums are visited by prior arrangement: ask at the colony tourism office.
Check opening hours and visiting conditions before you go (the official listing does not state them).
Best time: Year-round; May to September is more comfortable for walking around town.
Activities
Festivals and events here
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Researched and reviewed in September 2026 with 2 sources. A second reviewer checked dates, coordinates and lodging. Hours and prices may change.