Museum of natural and Historical Sciences

San Luis 384
Tel. 03752-425569 / 03752-423893
Open Mondays through Fridays from 7 to 12 a.m. and from 2 to 7p.m.;
Saturdays and Sundays from 9 to 12 a.m. and from 2 to 7p.m.

One of its halls devoted to natural sciences harbors a modern serpentarium housing several live specimens. The museum also has a section devoted to ornithology with regional and exotic species such as blackbirds, parrots, Asiatic birds and toucans. Three of its halls are devoted to history: Prehistory of Misiones and Guaraní Culture, Jesuitical Missions and Repopulation and Colonization of Misiones. Exhibits include hand axes, boleadoras, wickerwork and ceramics.

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.