Regional Museum of Orán

Located on the corner of San Martín and Vicente López y Planes streets
Orán Cultural Center Tel. No. 0878-21274
Open from Mondays to Fridays from 8a.m. to 1p.m. and from 3 to 8p.m.

This museum was inaugurated in 1972 through contributions made by the community. It operates in the building of what was formerly the railway station of the General Belgrano line. One of its halls is devoted to the contemporary history of railway transport that played a very important role in the take-off and development of the sugar industry, lumbering and oil production, all of which have a strong impact in the region. Another hall contains exhibits that offer insight into the economic and social and cultural aspects of the city. A third hall exhibits ethnographic material belonging to the aboriginal groups living in the region, namely, the Colla, Wichi and Chané groups. There are also objects from two archaelogical sites dating back approximately 1,000 years, and a last hall devoted to fossils and minerals.

Orán
The name of this town is really San Román de la Nueva Orán, but it is referred to simply as Orán. It lies to the North-east of the province and is 276km. away from the city of Salta. To get there one must first take national route No. 9 and then switch to national routes 34 and 50. It was the last city founded by the Spaniards in America.