"Ernesto Soto Avendaño" Museum of Sculptures

Belgrano St. no number
Cultural Secretariat Tel. No. 088-221343
Open Wednesdays through Sundays from 9a.m. to 12p.m.
and from 3 to 6p.m.

The five halls that form part of this museum honor the memory of the sculptor of the Monument to the Independence of Humahuaca, that has become a landmark of this town. The museum was inaugurated during the artists lifetime and contains all the original plaster casts of his creative work.

Tilcara
Tilcara is located on national route No. 9,84km. away from San Salvador de Jujuy and 2,461m above sea level. This town was founded approximately in the year 1600 and is characteristic of the "Quebrada" with its "Collas" (Indians from the northwest) and its multicolored mountains. The erection of its church began in 1797, but was only completed in 1865. The entire area has a vast archaeological wealth, and its main site is the "Pucará de Tilcara" (Pucará: fortress).