Municipal Museological Unit

"Gaspar Besares Soraire" Museum of Fine Arts
"Julio Argentino Gerez" Museum of Nativism
Museum of natural Sciences

Av. Besares 222 Paseo "El Paredón"
La Banda Cultural Center Tel. No. 085-271031 / 085-272032
Open Mondays through Fridays from 8a.m. to 1p.m. and from 5 to 8p.m.

This institution functions in the English style station of the former Central Argentine railway line that was built in 1889. It houses the Museum of Fine Arts with an important collection of works by Argentine artists; the "Lázaro Criado" Historical Archives; the Julio Argentino Gerez Museum of Nativism which exhibits regional and urban handiwork, and an area devoted to Natural and Paleontologic Sciences containing a display of the animals that inhabit the plains of Santiago del Estero and other species that became extinct thousands of years ago.
This museological unit also includes the "Sebastián López" Cultural and Historical Library that houses many books dating back to the late 19th century and the early 20th century.

La Banda
The city of La Banda is only 8km. away from the city of Santiago del Estero and, because of its proximity, is closely linked to the life of the capital city. To get there one must take the Juan Domingo Perón highway down Necochea street.