Charles Darwin Museum

Gorriti St. 353
Tel. 088-233599
Open Mondays through Fridays during school hours

This museum operates in the Teodoro Sánchez de Bustamante National School of Jujuy and is devoted to science and technology. It has offered new contributions to the study of the pre-ceramic period in the Quebrada de Humahuaca. This museum was set up for didactic purposes, and its exhibitions are aimed at high school pupils. Its collection comprises archeological and anthropological material and exhibits relates to mineralogy and biology.

San Salvador de Jujuy
This city is the capital of the province of Jujuy. It lies 1,660 km. away from the city of Buenos Aires and 1,260m above sea level. It has 185,000 inhabitants and is surrounded by an awesome chain of multicolored mountains. Worthy of visiting is its Cathedral which was built in 1750 and has a pulpit carved in ñandubay wood by the Indians, the chapel of Saint Barbara dating from 1777, and the Cabildo.