"House of Ricardo Rojas" Museum

Charcas 2837
Tel. 4824-4039
Open Tuesdays through Fridays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Holidays: January

When this prolific author from Tucumán - who died in Buenos Aires - is evoked, one automatically makes a mental association with his work on General San Martín, "El Santo de la Espada".
Ricardo Rojas was an outstanding essayist, poet, dramatist, orator and politician. Together with his prolific work, he left behind his house, in American colonial style, that his wife, Mrs. Julieta Quinteros, donated to the State in 1957. The façade of the house is a work of art, completed by architect Angel Guido in 1929. It reflects the House of Tucumán, and contains a wealth of furniture, works of art and highly valuable objects. It became a Museum on April 28, 1958, and was declared a National Historical Monument a month later. Its entrance, with a wide wooden door -flanked by two salomonic columns and colonial iron railings on the windows, leads to a hall and a forged iron storm door After crossing a garden with a fountain, visitors arrive at the reception room. The place is ornamented with religious paintings from the Cuzco school, monachal armchairs, and a Spanish cabinet with bronze candelabra. The theatre hall and the Spanish gallery offer crafted polychrome wood and typical Andalusian red tiles, The colonial room, decorated in the style of homesteads in Buenos Aires, includes ebony furniture, a carpet, and sundry objects, such as a very old crucifix and several paintings. The library - of Incan inspiration - reminds the observer of the environment in which the writer worked. There are relics belonging to General San Martín, old documents and books, and approximately 25,000 volumes.