Regional Railway Museum of Santa Fe

San Luis 2900
Tel. 0342-4693217 / 0342-4694672
Open Thursdays and Fridays from 6 to 8 p.m.;
Saturdays from 9:30 to 12 a.m.

This is a private museum that occupies a historical building known as"Casa Hüme" (The Hüme Building) which was inaugurated in 1889. It was Hüme who designed the layout of the Santa Fe Railway. The museum building is connected with the old railway station by means of a tunnel which was formerly used to transport sums of money. Its nine halls exhibit drawings, records, recovered railway material, scale model trains and railway´s, lines, and items dating from 19th century. It also houses the railway´s accounting books from 1893 onwards and planimetry of several areas reached the railway. There is also geodesic material and photographs.

Santa Fe
Santa Fe is the capital of the province of Santa Fe and the secondary city in importance after Rosario which is 167 away. The city of Santa Fe lies 475 km. away from the Capital City from which one must first travel down national route No.9 a then switch to national route No.11. Santa Fe is connected with the city of Paraná capital of Entre Ríos, by means of the Hernandarias Underwater Tunnel. A site worth visiting is Cayastá, located 80km. away from the city, where the primitive city of Santa Fe -now in ruins- was founded. Other interesting sites are the Convent of St. Francis, dating from 1680, which harbors the remains of Estanislao López and the Church of Our Lady of Miracles which is the oldestin the whole province.