Ice Museum in Argentina


It recently opened in El Calafate, in Argentine Patagonia, a Ice museum that due to its content and environment, it is very likely to become one of the most visited in South America in a very short time. Its name is Glaciarium and it is the first of the ice that opens in Argentina. Located in a very modern building, it covers some 60,000 square meters in which attempts have been made to reproduce the lines of the glacial ice, with irregular shapes and large windows that offer a spectacular view of Lake Argentino and the Los Glaciares National Park.

If you visit this museum you will also be able to know all the information about continental ice, how it forms, its behavior, its changes and, something essential, become aware of the importance of climate change and how ice and glaciers are going to be affected by this phenomenon that seems to be getting closer every day. It also has an auditorium with a capacity for 120 people and which has 3D and high definition cinema, as well as art, photography and audiovisual samples with various light and sound effects.

Glaciarium it is one of the few glaciological museums in the world, and also has an ice bar, the Glacio Bar, and a souvenir shop with original products. In the bar you will be at 10 degrees below zero, so if you have the courage to go have a drink I congratulate you, because I think I could not bear it, although it is true that when you go to access the bar they give you adequate clothes and shoes so you don't freeze. If you are organizing your trip to Argentina you should include it in your route, it is worth it because it is also very close to the true glaciers and is a true natural spectacle worth seeing. The entrance to the museum costs € 14 to change, there are 70 Argentine pesos.

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  • El Calafate, Argentine Patagonia
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