"Doctor Guillermo Rafael Alanis" Museum

Copiapó 488
Tel. 0837-20053
Open Mondays through Fridays from 7a.m. to 8p.m.

This museum was built around the collection that Dr. Alanis assembled after roaming the area of Antofagasta de la Sierra and Belén for many years. There are skulls and bone fragments gathered in the first locations and a collection of coins found in Belén. Several cultures shared this area, namely, Belén, Ciénaga, Aguada and others. The museum exhibits the contents of graves discovered in La Troya and Campo del Mortero. There are also decorated ceramic pieces belonging to the Diaguita culture. Another piece on exhibition is a stone used by Indian women to give birth with carved grooves with little holes to eliminate amniotic fluid.

Tinogasta
This is the most western touristic area in the province. It has scenic, thermal and cultural attractions. The town is located 227km. away from the city of Catamarca on provincial route No. 45 and 1,500m. above sea level. From here one can visit the thermal baths of La Aguadita (distant only 15km.), Fiambalá and the Quebrada de Troya.