Torres Aparicio Museum Home

Buenos Aires 184
Humahuaca Cultural Center Tel. No. 0887-21199

Torres Aparicio was a local medical doctor who owned an interesting collection of mummies discovered in caves, in addition to topographic surveys of the area. He also owned paintings by Humahuaca artists. The house belonging to the Cardoso family is used as a museum in order to preserve all this historical wealth.

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.