Museum of Geology, Mineralogy and Paleontology of the National University of Jujuy

Av. Bolivia 1661
Tel. 088-221593 / 088-221595
Open Mondays through Fridays from 9 to 12 :30a.m.
and from 4 to 7:30p.m.
Saturdays from 9 to 12 :30a.m.

This museum was founded in 1946 and harbors important collections of original and traced copies of vertebrate and invertebrate fossils as well as a highly complete exhibition of the valuable minerals to be found in the territory of Jujuy. The department of Paleontology is extremely interesting for the understanding of animal life during the Mesozoic Era. Most of these traced copies of fossil reptiles come from Europe and the United States and were donated by the renowned biologist Ángel Gallardo. Also on exhibition is an important collection of local minerals classified for didactic purposes.

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.