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This area was leased for over 100 years by the US Government to administrate and protect the Panama Canal and was housing for top U.S. Generals, Colonels, and high ranking officers. The almost 24 hectares are located on ocean front property. Since 1999, when the Canal has been handed back to the Panamanian government, the Amador has been transformed with multimillion dollar projects like the Tropical Biodiversity museum made by the well known architect Frank Gehry,the Smithsonian Institute of Tropical Research, the world's primary tropical scientific investigation center, which for 80 years has been cataloging and monitoring this vast ecological heritage, being the only Smithsonian Tropical Research Institution based outside of the United States. In the museum, there will be educational films and exhibits of coral, seashells, starfish and sea urchins where, unlike other museums, touching is encouraged! Six aquariums arranged at child's height feature marine life from the Caribbean and Pacific and one tank is filled with gigantic lobsters. A telescope has been set up for viewing ships anchored offshore, with charts that are useful in identifying types of boats. You can enjoy the newly Panama Canal Village...a project that includes the largest outdoor event & concert venue plaza, plus a Convention Center which hosted Miss Universe 2003, scenic bicycle and walking paths with sea breezes and a great view of the stunning Bridge of the Americas.
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