Police Force Museum

Buenos Aires 453
Cultural Undersecretariat Tel. No. 03783-427073
Open Mondays through Saturdays from 8 to 12 a.m.
and from 6 to 9 p.m.

This museum comprises one large exhibition hall containing old-fashioned weapons used by the police, blotters of famous criminals such as "Mate cocido" and his band a 765 caliber gun of 1900, a German machine gun used during World War II capable of delivering a fire of 400 bullets per minute, telecommunication system used by the police in different periods, photographs of accidents, helmets and old-fashioned masks. Exhibits also include tabas (knucklebone used for playing a popular rural game), roulettes and dice sequestered from clandestine gambling houses.

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.