"Salvador Calafat" Municipal Museum of Natural History

San Rafael 50 Cultural Bureau
Tel. No.: 0265-4424801
Open Mondays through Fridays from 9a.m. to 1p.m.

This museum comprises a single large hall devoted to national history. It also harbors a departmental historical archive and a periodicals and a newspaper library. Exhibits include fragments of a megathere jaw found in San Luis; a painted leather bag sewn with strands of ñandú (American ostrich) tendons used by the Indians to transport seeds and beans, and regional lithic material including arrowheads and scrapers. Also on display are a large variety, of stuffed animals, weapons, old fashioned buttons and utensils for domestic use belonging to the primitive local inhabitants.

General Alvear
The city of General Alvear lies 323km. away from the city of Mendoza and 1,050m. above sea level. It can be reached down national routes No.40 and 143.