Museum: | Museum of the Fossil |
Location: | South America![]() ![]() ![]() |
Map: | (see map)![]() |
The Museum
What should we know?
Name in local script: | Museo el Fósil |
Also known as: | Add Data |
Company name: | Junta de Acción Comunal Vereda Monquirá |
Art type: | paleontology |
What can we see or do there?
Events: | Add Data |
Services: | bathrooms |
Shops: | souvenirs |
How much will it cost us?
Currency: | Colombian Peso (COP) |
Ticket type: | Cost: |
adult | COP7,000 |
How can we get in contact?
Email: | [email protected] |
Website: | www.museoelfosil.org |
Telephone: | 03164 714 419 |
Postal address: | Add Data |
Fax: | Add Data |
Language(s): | Spanish |
Timezone: | UTC-05:00 |
Country calling code: | 57 |
What else would be good to know?
Wikipedia: | Villa de Leyva![]() |
Tripadvisor: | Museo el Fosil![]() |
Local tourism: | Atlas Obscura |
Public holidays: | Time and Date |
Top Descriptions
Don’t expect too much of a museum here. This is basically one room built around a well-preserved 120-million-year-old baby kronosaurus fossil with a few extra fossils thrown in. – Daniel |
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Top Tips
It’s possible to walk here from Villa de Leyva![]() |
Unless you’re really into palaeontology, bank on spending no longer than 15 to 20 minutes here. |
There are a lot of souvenir stalls just outside the museum should you be looking to stock up. |
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