Municipal Museum of Paso de los Libres

Madariaga 474 Municipality
Tel. No. 03772-425604
Open Mondays through Fridays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

This museum comprises a single hall devoted to regional history and natural sciences. It harbors a large number of stuffed animals including an alligator old-fashioned typewriters, 19th century scales, a red stone mollar which probably belonged to the Jesuits, weapons used during the War of the Tnple Alliance, the accordion that belonged to Ernesto Montiel, the musician who was born in this town and is considered the father of the chamamé (typical folkloric music from the argentine littoral region).

Paso de los Libres
Paso de los Libres lies on the banks of the Uruguay River 410 km. away from the city of Corrientes down national routes No. 12 and 123 Paso de los Libres and the Brazilian city of Uruguayana are joined by the Getulio Vargas - Agustín P. Justo bridge. The town has beach resorts on the shores of the river which abounds in dorados surubíes (large fresh-water calfish).