Museum Daniel Cargnin is the clearest indoor introduction to Mata's fossil identity. Its displays focus on petrified wood and other finds from the region, named for the priest and researcher who helped draw attention to the area's palaeobotanical remains.
It is a small-town museum, not a large science centre, but that is part of its value. You see how local pride, amateur collecting, and real geological interest came together around the fossil forests of the interior.