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Historical Museum of the North Caseros
549 This museum forms part of the Museological Complex of the North and occupies the two floors of the Cabildo of the city of Salta. This building is the most complete of its kind to be preserved in the country and is a genuine architectural treasure dating back to colonial times. The building, that still preserves areas that were built in the 18th century, was declared a National Historic Monument in 1942. Its 15 exhibition halls harbor objects pertaining to the Indian, colonial and liberal periods of the history of Salta. Its exhibits include pieces of religious and popular art, as well as art from the Jesuitical period and from Upper Peru. Worthy of mentioning are a carved and gilded wooden pulpit that belonged to the Church of the Company of Jesus in the 18th century; silver and gold coins with irregular edges flattened with a hammer that circulated during the period of National Organization; monachal armchairs in carved wood with fretwork and embossed leather seats dating back to the 18th century, and linked chairs made of jacaranda wood and velvet in Portuguese-Brazilian style belonging to the 18th century that were used in the Council Chamber of the Cabildo. Salta
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