MUSEUMS

MUSEUMS IN HUMAHUACA

The Municipal Museum of Archaeology
It has a collection of pre-Hispanic pottery pieces. We can especially mention the ones pertaining to the Humahuaca culture, which developed in the area of the same name and its surroundings. Spear points, earthenware pots, ceramics pieces and every day utensils belonged to the Omaguacas, who were later under the domination of the Inca Empire and, conquered by the Spaniards, populated this area. It holds many artefacts that show the super positioning and influences many of these cultures had on the local population .

Santa Fe
Tel.: 0388-4721199
Visiting Hours: Mondays through Fridays from 9:00 AM to 2 :00 PM and from 3:00 Pm till 5 :00 PM.

The Folklore and Carnival Museum or the Regional Folklore Museum
Founded by Sixto Vázquez Zuleta in 1969, it started out as a museum dedicated to the Northern Carnival. With time it evolved until it turned into a complete collection of the folklore of the Gorge area and then changed its name to the "Regional Folklore Museum". Its objective is to conserve and exhibit all the material manifestations of all folklore in the area.

On exhibit you will find many artefacts and tools of the mountain farmers of the Region,with a complete collection of the musical instruments used in the Northeast; the materials and cooking of typical Regional food and beverage; and collection of the typical clothes worn by the local population- It alsooffers dioramas of traditional customs such as the Entombment of the Humahuaca Carnival, the Wake of the Angel and the Offerings for All Saints Day.

It has a library on Folklore subjects, as well as a photo archive and laboratory, and an area where audiovisual shows are held on the subjects of local fiestas, traditional customs and typical places.
Buenos Aires Nr. 435
Tel.: 0388 - 4721011
Visiting Hours: Mondays through Sundays from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM and from 3.00 PM till 8:00 PM.

Museum the Francisco Ramoneda School or the Museum and Study of Francisco Ramoneda.
Founded in 1936 by the Argentinean artist Francisco Ramoneda, it is the first art museum to be established in Jujuy. The mansion containing the museum is an old and beautiful traditional style building from 1870. It was the residence and study of the renowned artist.

Here you will find the works not only of the founder but also of other recognised painters and sculptors of the department, such as Benito Quinquela Martín, Enrique de Larrañaga, Luis Perlotti and Hugo Irureta.

Salta Nr. 214 (At the corner of Santa Fe).
Tel.: 0388 - 4721066
Visiting Hours: Mondays through Sundays from 10:30 AM to 1:00 PM and from 3.30 PM till 7:00 PM.

Museum Mansion"Torres Aparicio"
Torres Aparicio was a local doctor that collected mummies found in caves, and made topological studies of the area. It also has a small exhibition of paintings by the artists from Humahuaca artists.

Buenos Aires Nr. 184
Tel.: 0388- 4721199
Visiting Hours: Mondays through Sundays from 8:00 AM to 12:30 PM and from 5.00 PM till 8:00 PM.

The Dr. Justiniano Torres Aparicio Archaeological Museum.
Córdoba Nr. 115

The Nicasio Fernández Mar Art Museum.
The museum was inaugurated in 1984. It displays paintings, drawings and drafts made by the sculptor Fernández Mar, whose work encompasses the following: Force - La Fuerza, Faith - La Fe, Right - El Derecho and Glory - La Gloria, all to represent the virtues of General Manuel Belgrano, which now are on exhibit in the famous Flag Room - Salón de la Bandera inside Government House - Palacio de Gobierno in San Salvador de Jujuy. This museum has two interesting halls and an open air area where one can appreciate sculptures made from different materials. It has an outdoor area and two halls.

Buenos Aires.
Tel.: Dirección de Cultura de Humahuaca 0388 - 4721199.
Visiting Hours: Mondays through Sundays from 9:00 AM to 13:00 PM and from 2.00 PM till 4:00 PM.

Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria - Our Lady of the Candlemas
Buenos Aires 383
Tel.: 0388 - 4721199
Visiting Hours: Mondays through Sundays from 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM.

MUSEUMS IN MAIMARA

The Hornillos Outpost Historical Museum.
The 200 year old outpost of Hornillos, "Posta de los Hornillos" was restored by the Bunge & Born Foundation in 1979 and is today a museum. Its installations recreate the distinctive dwelling space of past centuries with great detail. Everything is as it was back then: the leafy yapán tree (Acacia visco) at the entrance, the welcoming house with adobe brick walls and mud covered roof, the old churqui (Acacia caven) and the time-honoured oven.

The mansion was constructed for the family Alvarez Prado. It was an obligatory outpost on the road that connected "Alto Perú", High Peru as Bolivia was called in those times, with the Viceroyalty of Río de la Plata. It later was used as the general headquarters of the vanguard of the Independence army.

Here general Belgrano stayed for a resting period after the victories at Tucumán and Salta, and it became the scene of various battles.
It has 13 rooms with furniture from the XVIII and XIX century, guns and ethnographic pieces as well as historical documents.

It is located two km south of Maimará.
Tel.: 0388 - 4997038
Visiting Hours: Wednesdays through Mondays from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

MUSEUMS IN SAN PEDRO

The Pablo Baldwin Museum of History, Archaeology and Arts.
In its two exhibition halls you will find archaeological pieces, antique furniture, objects and photographs that describe the life of the local people from the last part of 1700 till modern times. In the archaeology room you will see ceramic pieces of the San Francisco culture with tools, pipes and ritual masks.

Miguel Aráoz Nr. 500
Tel.: 0388- 420533 int. 52
Visiting Hours: Mondays through Fridays from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM and from 4:00 PM till 8:00 PM.

MUSEUMS IN SANTA CATALINA

The Epifanio Saravia Regional Museum
Fortunato Farfán its creator and first director, inaugurated it in 1990. The museum occupies the oldest building in town, dating back to 1650.

The walls are made of adobe bricks and the roofing of straw and mud. It belonged to Don Laureano Saravia, chief of police and political commissioner of Santa Catalina, commander in chief of the troops stationed in the Puna highlands.

Inside you will find archaeological and ethnographic items, historical documents from vice-Royalty times, and folklore artefacts and other objects. There are also many objects made from stone. You will also find Gaucho clothing made out of coarse wool, silver coins and religious objects such as rosaries, catechisms, prayer books and scapulars.

Ernesto Padilla s/n, facing the Plaza San Martín.
Tel.: 03882 - 424333.
Visiting Hours: By appointment only.