Museum of the School of Exact Sciences

9 de Julio 1449
Tel. 03783-423126
Open Mondays through Fridays from 8 to 12 a.m.

This museum specializes in Paleontology and its showcases are in the halls devoted to biology and zoology. Wothy of mentioning are a proterosaurus from the Triassic Period discovered in San Juan and a vertebra of a toxodon from the Pleistocene. Exhibits also include stones such as tourmaline, quartz, calcite and rhodochrosite in addition to fossilized ferns.

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.