"Ramoneda" Museum Study

Salta 214 (corner of Salta and Santa Fe streets)
Tel. 0887-21066
Open Mondays through Sundays
from 10:30a.m. to 1p.m. and from 3 :30 to 7p.m.

This museum was founded in 1936 by the Argentine artist Francisco Ramonéda. It was the first art museum established in the province. In addition to the founders works, this museum harbors pieces by other renowned painters and sculptors such as Benito Quinquela Martín, Enrique de Larrañaga, Luis Perlotti and Hugo Irureta, amongst others. Mr. Ramoneda was a professor at the Humahuaca National School and at the Arts Department of the National University of Tucumán. The large house harboring the museum is a beautiful old colonial building dating back to 1870. It was formerly Francisco Ramonedas home, study and workshop.

Humahuaca
The town of Humahuaca is located 126km. away from the city of San Salvador de Jujuy and lies 2,939m above sea level. It is on national route No. 9 and is one of the regions where one can appreciate genuine picturesque carnival celebrations and the cult to the "Pachamama" or mother earth. Houses are built of adobe and streets are very narrow. Noteworthy town buildings are its church, the town hall - seat of the old "Cabildo" - that has a clock weighing 1,800kg., which makes it one of the largest in South America, and contains an image of St. Francisco Solano that emerges at 12 o'clock noon and blesses the public. Facing the town hall is the Independence Monument depicting a running "chasqui" (native messenger). The sculpture is made of bronze and weighs 60 tons.