Jesuitical Museum and documentation Center

Located on the corner of Felipe Viveros and Yrigoyen Streets Reference
Tel. No. 03758-494048
Open Mondays through Fridays from 8 to 12 a.m. and from 4 to 6p.m.

The Jesuitical reduction of San Carlos was founded in Brazil in 1631 and was then transferred to its current location in 1638. Even nowadays one can find the bases of columns, stones and other remains of the mission in the backyards of all the houses in the town. The museum harbors numerous exhibits including a baptismal font made of ground red earth mixed with mortar, remains of ceramics of European American Indian and Upper Peruvian origin, a large number of candelabra, boleadora stones of different sizes, a one-meter-wide copper pot and bricks decorated with indian drawings This institution also has an imperan documentation center with information concerning the Jesuitical Missions located throughout the River Plate area.

San Carlos
San Carlos is located on the borderline with Misiones, 320km. away from the city of Corrientes. In order to get there from the provincial capital one must travel down national route No. 12, and provincial route No. 34.