A genuinely unusual private natural-history museum, run by a small group of biologists and artists in a warehouse on the northern edge of Punta Arenas. The conceit is simple: instead of stuffed animals, the museum displays articulated skeletons of every kind of Patagonian creature — whales, penguins, condors, foxes, sea lions, dolphins — in lifelike poses. The result is part anatomy lesson, part installation art.
It's out at the mouth of the Río Seco, about a 20-minute drive north of the centre, and is one of those places where it pays to have called ahead — opening hours are limited and depend on which volunteers are around. Worth the trip for anyone interested in wildlife, biology, or the strange beauty of bone.