Historical Museum of Corrientes

9 de Julio 1044 Director's
Tel. No.: 03783-493281
Open Tuesdays through Fridays from 8 to 12 a.m.
and from 4 to 8 p.m.

This museum operates in a building dating from 1894 and comprises six halls harboring permanent exhibitions and one for temporary exhibitions. Martín Noel made a donation to the province of his project for the neocolonial façade of the building plateresque style (dissociated from the colonial style prevalent in Corrientes). Its halls house an important collection of images of sacred art from the 18th and 19th centuries. The flag from the battle of Caaguazú waged in 1841 is amongst its most ptized possessions, together with a lock of hair belonging to Governor Berón de Astrada from 1839, 18th century door carved by the Indians from the Jesuitical school, a stone shield dating from 1826 that was placed in the first Government House, and some 18th century wooden candelabra that belonged to San Cosme de Itatí and Santa Ana (Saints).

Corrientes
The city of Corrientes, located on the banks of the Paraná River is the capital of the province of Corrientes- It lies 860km -Way from the Federal Capital. In order to get there from Buenos Aires, one must travel down national route No. 9 up to its intersection with national route No. 12. One must then take this route to Cross the Zarate-Brazo Largo railway complex and then carry on down it up to Corrientes. Amongst the attractions worth visiting are the convents of San Francisco (st. Francis) and de la Merced (of Mercy),covered with Carrara marble, and the church of the Holy Cross of Miracles.