Museum of the National Border Guards Corps

Avenida Presidente Ramón Castillo and Calle 8 (Centinela Building), Retiro.
Tel. 4310-2642
Open Wednesdays through Sundays from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Holidays: January and February

This museum is located right next to the Centinela Building belonging to the National Border Guards Corps. The first exhibition room was inaugurated in 1985, after which three other rooms were successively opened. Work was completed in 1987.
In Room 1, known as the "Brigadier General Manuel María Calderón" Room, records of the primitive General Border Guards Bureau are exhibited. Several showcases contain preliminary documents and the Golden Book in which the names of the institutions members who died while on duty are recorded. A stone bust of General Güemes is flanked by a series of flags, and there are mementoes that evoke the border corps existing in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, as well as the Regulated Militia, and the Frontier Guards. A huge 70 litre iron pot known as "La Morocha" attracts the visitors attention.
In Room II, known as "Major Inspector Marcelo Barbieri", records are exhibited of the work performed by the institution in the provinces of Formosa, Chaco and Misiones, as well as the criminal histories of people like Tata Miño and Bairoleto, in addition to communication elements.
In Room III, known as "Major General Arturo Lopetegui ", there are elements pertaining to the Technical and Expert Department, unit badges, a railcar and uniforms of similar corps in other countries.
In Room IV known as "Sergeant Ramón G. Acosta " - who died heroically in the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) - exhibits include ships, supply carts, a replica of an infirmary, a blacksmiths workshop, and aviation souvenirs of this institution in charge of guarding the country´s frontiers.
Room V was inaugurated in 1994. On exhibition is one of the first patrol cars used by this Institution, a 1939 Chevrolet sedan, a Unimog truck, and a Decauville motor-driven railway coach that belonged to "Las Palmas" squadron.