Aníbal Cambas Regional Museum

Alberdi 600, Republic of Paraguay Park
Tourism Secretariat Tel. No. 03752-447539
Open Mondays through Fridays from 7a m to 7pm

This museum was created in 1940 and its two halls exhibit matetial pertaining to aboriginal cultures such as the Guayaquí Guaraní, Chiripá and Mbyá Indians. Also on display are objects dating from the times of the Jesuits, weapons from the wars of independence and from the war against Paraguay and zoological specimens of the region. Worthy of mentioning are the funerary urns made of clay known by the name of "Yapepo" which means "hand-made" in Guaraní. Another interesting exhibit is a decapitated figure of the Virgin that came the Reduction of the Apostles. This occurred because the invaders believed that there were probably treasures hidden inside these statuettes. Also on display is the front arcade of the church of the Reduction of San Ignacio.

Posadas
The city of Posadas is the capital of the province of Misiones and is located 1,060 km away from, the city of Buenos Aires. To get there from Buenos Aires one must take national route No. 9 up to its intersection with national route No. 14 and then travel down this route towards the Notlh. Another alternative is to take national route No. 12 that goes past the city of corrientes. Posadas lies on the Paraná River and is 297 km. away from the province´s main attraction: the Iguazú Falls, and 60 km away from the ruins of the San Ignacio Miní Jesuitical Missions.