"Dr. Ernesto Padilla" Archaeological Museum

Located in Vllla El Cadillal, 25km. north of the city down national route No. 9
Tel. 081-617690

This museum was inaugurated in 1973 and stands beside the dam. It comprases an exhibition hall, a laboratory, a microcinema and administrative oftices. Amongst its exhibits there are funerary urns, vessels, pipes, arrowheads, axes, pendants and pieces carved in bone belonging to the Candelaria culture. All these objects were discovered during excavation work for the dam.

San Miguel de Tucumán
The city of San Miguel de Tucumán, capital of the province, is located 1,303km. away from the Capital City, on national route No. 9, and 447m. above sea level. It is the most important industrial and commercial city in the Argentine Northwest, and has several touristic attractions in the surroundings, such as Villa Nogués, cerro San Javier and El Cadillal dam.