"Emilio and Duncan Wagner" Museums of Natural Sciences and Anthropology

Avellaneda 355
Tel. 085-211380
Open Mondays through Fridays from 8a.m. to 1p.m. and from 3 to 8p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays from 9:30 to 12a.m.

This museum was created in 1917 under the name of Archaic Museum, and was built around the collection donated by Alejandro Gancedo in 1916. The archaeological collection housed in this museum includes material from the cultures that developed on the plains in Santiago del Estero during a period ranging from the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors up to 6,000 years before the present. The museum comprases 11 halls.
The first, known as Keys to the Past, exhibits paleontologic remains from the prehistoric period; the second, known as A view of Culture, illustrases the pre-ceramic and farmer-potter periods; the third describes the Hispanic-Indian period; the fourth is devoted to cave paintings and engravings; the fifth is a gallery in which funerary vessels are exhibited; the sixth illustrates the cultures belonging to the early, middle and late periods; the eighth is a gallery exhibiting different types of insects and statuettes, arrowheads and musical instruments; the ninth is devoted to funerary customs; the tenth to the Diaguita Indians, and the eleventh to ethnography in the Chaco area.

Santiago del Estero
This is the oldest surviving city founded by the Spaniards. It is located on the river Dulce, 1,042km. away from the city of Buenos Aires, on national route No. 9 and 187m. above sea level. In addition to its museums, one can also visit its cathedral, the first diocese in the country dating back to 1876, Libertad Park, Aguirre Park, the Convent of Santo Domingo where the Holy Sheet is exhibited, and the Church of La Merced.