SAN SALVADOR DE JUJUY

The Provincial Archaeological Museum
Created in April of 1994, it is the specific entity in charge of receiving the area's archaeological remains. Here you will find four halls with exhibits of primitive stone and ceramic pieces found in the Departments of San Pedro, Santa Catalina and Yavi; there are also metal artefacts from Tilcara and Humahuaca.

In one of the halls you will be able to observe a diorama representing the life in the area 9000 years ago when the local hunter gatherers had not yet reached the stage of living in villages; a ceramic female figure 2600 years old; a collection of stone arrowheads and other artefacts from every day life at that time.

You will also find the mummified body of a 2-year-old infant, from approximately 1000 years ago. The child was about two years old when he died and its mummy still conserves its teeth and hair.

There are also two mummies of adults, from approximately 600 years ago, which were buried with elaborate funeral pomp and clothing. You will also find ceramics from the Yavi and Humahuaca cultures, decorated with geometric designs in colour.

Lavalle 434
Tel.: 0388 - 4221343
Open to the public every day of the week between 9 AM to Noon and between 3 PM and 9 PM.

Provincial History Museum "Juan Galo Lavalle"
This museum is installed in the mansion, where the Founding Father who supported the cause of Unified Argentinean State, General Juan Galo Lavalle, where he was killed on October 9th, 1841, after being defeated by the forces loyal to the cause of a federal type government, at the battle of Famaillá. There are seven big rooms with exhibits and a courtyard where there is bust of the general. Also on display you will find the legendary door through which - according to history - Lavalle was shot to death.

You will also find here a replica of the curved sable of General San Martín, the trophies of the battle of Suipacha, the standard of Ayohuma, and numerous other pieces that tell the story of the 25 years of strife in Jujuy in favour of liberty and independence. On exhibit there are also many documents, diaries, a bell cast in 1669, religious statuettes, crosses carved in bone and oil paintings of the so called Cuzco School - Escuela del Cuzco (1650), such as The Divine Shepherd Girl - "La Divina Pastora" and The Lord of Patience - "El Señor de la Paciencia".

Lavalle 252
Tel.: 0388-221355
Visiting Hours: Mondays through Fridays between 8 AM to 8 PM, Saturdays and Sundays from 8 Am till Noon and from 4 PM to 8 PM.

Police History Museum
It is located in what used to be the old building that used to be the City Hall of Jujuy. It has four rooms on the ground floor and a mezzanine. On display you will find old police and fire fighter uniforms; guns and side arms including daggers and others. There is also a painting and photo gallery of the successive police chiefs of the Province, as well as different documents related to drug addiction, explosives and grave crimes.

Belgrano 493, corner of Sarmiento.
Tel.: 0388 - 4237764
Visiting Hours: Mondays through Fridays from 8 AM till 1 PM and from 4 PM to 9 PM. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 9 Am till Noon and from 6 PM till 8 PM.

The National University of Jujuy Museum of Geology, Mineralogy and Palaeontology.
Founded in the year 1946, it exhibits important collections of both originals and copies of vertebrate and invertebrate fossils, as well as the most complete collection of the valuable minerals that can be found in the Province of Jujuy.

Avenida Bolivia 1313
Visiting Hours: Mondays through Fridays from 9 AM till 1 PM.

The National University of Jujuy Museum of Geology and Palaeontology.
Av. Bolivia 1661
Tel.: 0388-4221593/4221595
Visiting Hours: Mondays through Fridays from 9 AM till 12:30 PM and between 4 PM and 7:30 PM.

Museum of Mineralogy and Palaeontology
In this important collection you will find valuable mineral, petrography and palaeontology samples from around the world. You will also be able to appreciate the exhibit showing the mineral riches of the Province, including the history of the traditional exploitation of the tin, and iron ore deposits, as well as those of gold. The Museum, a dependency of the Faculty of Geology and Mining of the University of the Province of Jujuy, is located close to the San Martín Park, on Bolivia Street Nº 2365. It is open to visitors Mondays through Fridays between 7 AM till 1 PM.

The Víctor Morales History Museum of Scale Models and Miniatures.
It was the first of its kind in Argentina when it opened its doors in 1975. It is quite an original way to get to know and recreate history. It contains miniatures made of lead and tin showing outstanding moments in the History of the World, Argentina with an emphasis on Jujuy. In the religious exhibit hall you will be able to see Adam and Eve in Paradise. Noah's Ark or Jesus on the way to Calvary; in the exhibit hall of the Conquest you will find a scene depicting the Discovery of America, scale replicas of the three ships of Columbus, or his meeting with the Kings of Spain; and in the hall dedicated to Argentina and its history, you will find scale models of the English Invasions, The Declaration of Independence on May 25th, 1810, the House in Tucumán, the foundation of Jujuy, the blessing and the swearing in of the National Flag in Jujuy, the Exodus from Jujuy, the Battle of Salta and the Post of Yatasto. There are also miniature models of guns and arms, uniforms and carriages.

Gordaliza Street Nr. 1511 - Barrio Cuyaya
Tel.: 0388 - 4224243
Visiting hours: Mondays through Fridays from 8 AM till 12.30 and from 4 PM till 10 PM; Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 9 Am till Noon and from 3 Pm to 8 PM.

The Franciscan Historical Museum (1927)
It is located within the Franciscan Church and Convent. The Franciscan order arrived in Jujuy in the year 1599, and they have been accompanying the people of the area ever since. In 1814, during the wars of Independence, the so-called Exodus of Jujuy takes place and the Franciscans followed the people into exile. When they returned, Royal invaders had destroyed the original convent, including its valuable library, which origin went back to the start of the XVIIth century,

The old convent was rebuilt together with the church and in 1901 the New Tower was ready. The museum was inaugurated in 1982 and here you will find many pieces, which have served as objects for worship for over 400 years. In its two exhibit halls you will find pieces of furniture, silverware, carved sculptures, musical instruments and paintings of the Cuzco School. It has a torso of San Benito de Palermo with eyes made of silver foil, carved in wood and profusely painted in the city of Potosi, Bolivia in the XVIIIth century.

Lavalle Street Nr. 33
Tel.: 0388 - 4221343
Opening hours are: Mondays through Sundays from 9:00 Am till 1:00 PM and from 4:00 PM till 9:00 PM.

The Municipal Museum of Fine Arts "Jorge Mendoza"
Created in 1987, the original collection was based on the 20 paintings of the so-called Chucalezna School of Children Painters - "Los niños pintores de la Escuela de Chucalezna"; a place located 130 kilometres from the city of Jujuy and north of the historical village of Humahuaca. The schoolteacher was called don Jorge Mendoza. The activities developed by this institution captured the interest of the National Fund for the Endowment of Arts - Fondo Nacional de las Artes and the National University of Tucumán, who financed a documentary by the well-known filmmaker Jorge Prelorán.

San Martín Nr. 230
Tel.: 0388 - 4232109
Open to the public: Mondays through Fridays from 9 AM till 12:30 PM and from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM; Saturdays and Sundays from 9:00 AM till 1:00 PM.

Museum of the Lucio Acosta Cerra School
It was inaugurated in May of 1980 with a show of the works of the late professor Lucio Acosta Cerra, and a group of artists from the Province. This artist from Jujuy was a surrealist painter in the style of Salvador Dalí. The first collection was based on his work, that of his wife Iberia Argentina Vázquez Málaga de Acosta Cerra and of his sister in law, the artist Araceli Vázquez Málaga. This museum organises a Children's Art Saloon every year and, apart from having its collections on permanent exhibit, also mounts temporary exhibitions with artists both from Jujuy as well as from the rest of Argentina.

Belgrano Nr. 1135
Tel.: 0388 - 4221343
Visiting Hours and Days: Mondays through Fridays from 8:00 AM to Noon and from 4:00 PM till 8:00 PM.

The Charles Darwin Museum of Natural Science.
It is located within the walls of the National College Colegio Nacional N° 1 "Teodoro Sánchez de Bustamante" in Jujuy, and is dedicated to Science and Technology. It has hosted several expeditions to study the pre ceramic cultures of the Gorge of Humahuaca. It is based on didactic principles, and is much visited by high school students. Its collection includes archaeological and anthropological pieces as well as minerals and biological and botanical collections.

Gorriti Nr. 343
Tel.: 0388 - 4233599
Visiting hours: Mondays through Fridays from 9:00 AM till Noon and from 4:00 PM till 8:00 PM.

MUSEUMS IN LAS VIÑAS

The Jorge Pasquini López Museum
It has exhibition halls and modern laboratories. It carries out diverse cultural, artistic and handicraft activities. There are also many educational workshops.

It is located facing the Hotel Altos de la Viña.

MUSEUMS IN ABRA PAMPA

The Leopoldo Aban Archaeology Museum
Created in 1997, here you will find archaeological pieces, paintings by local artists, every day clothing and other elements that allow the visitor to enter into the intimacy of the local people. Most of these pieces have been collected and classified by Leopoldo Aban.

Sarmiento Nr. 450
Tel.: 03887 - 491100
Visiting Hours: Mondays through Saturdays between 8:00 Am and 1:00 PM and from 4:00 Pm to 8:00 PM.

MUSEUMS IN HUACALERA

The Huacalera Church
Located on National Route - Ruta Nacional N° 9, at the entrance to the village.
Tel.: 0388 - 4955204.
Visiting Hours: Mondays through Sundays from 8:00 Am to 12:30 PM and from 5:00 Pm till 8 PM.

MUSEUMS IN HUMAHUACA

The Municipal Museum of Archaeology
It has a collection of pre Hispanic pieces. We can especially mention the ones belonging to the Humahuaca culture, which flourished in the area of the same name and its surroundings. Spear points, earthenware pots, ceramics pieces and every day utensils. One has to remember that the Omaguacas, who were later fell under the domination of the Inca Empire, and later was conquered by the Spaniards, populated this area. It holds many artefacts that show the super positioning and changes 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 on the Northern Carnival. With time it evolved until turning into a complete collection of the folklore of the Gorge area and then changed its name into 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 here you will also find a complete collection of the musical instruments used in the Northeast; materials and elaboration of typical Regional food and beverage; a collection of typical clothing worn by the local population; 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 themes, 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 the Province. The mansion containing the museum is an old and beautiful colonial style building from 1870 and it was the residence and study of the renowned artist.

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

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 M.D. that had an interesting collection of mummies found in caves, apart from topological studies of the area. It also has a small exhibition of paintings by local 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. On display are paintings, drawings and drafts made by the sculptor Fernández Mar, who, amongst others sculpted the following: Force - La Fuerza, Faith - La Fe, Right - El Derecho and Glory - La Gloria, to represent the virtues of General Manuel Belgrano, which today 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 of different materials. It has two halls and an outdoor area.

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.

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