Museum of anthropology and Natural Sciences

Robinson Ave. no number
Old Central Railway Station Tel. 0345-4213149
Summer timetable: Mondays through Fridays from 8 to 12 a.m. and from 4 to 8 p.m.;
Winter timetable.- open from 8a.m. to 6p.m.

Its show cases contain archaeological material from a vast area of the littoral region. Many of the sites where these pieces were recovered are nowadays under the waters of the Salto Grande lake. Exhibits include lithic material, pottery a bone fragments. Amongst the lithic objects on display, there is an assortment ranging from large artifacts carved by percussion to minute projectile points manufactured by pressure flaking. Amongst the ceramic pieces on exhibition there are container with grooved decorations typical traditional Tupi-Guaraní Guaraní-Jesuitical ceramic. Bone fragments include the lower jaw of a mastodon discovered in the department of Colón which is over 500,000 years old.

Concordía
Concordia is located on the banks of the Uruguay River distant 267km. from the city of Paraná down national routes No.18 and 14. Sites worth visiting are the Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua, the Rivadavia Park and the ruins of San Carlos Palace, erected in 1888 and destroyed a fire in 1938. The Salto Grande is 20km away from the city while El Palmar National Park is at a distance of 70km.