Museum of the Institute of Archaeology of the School of Natural Sciences and the Miguel Lillo Institute

Located in the "Eugenio Virla" Cultural Center which is under the authority of the National University of Tucumán 25 de Mayo 265
Tel. 081-216024 / 221692 (ext. 211)
Open Mondays through Fridays from 7a.m. to 1:30p. m.

Exhibits include pieces from the Aguada culture that disappeared in A.D. 800 as a consequence of the intrusion of the Santa María and Belén cultures. Enclosed in glass cases, there is a display of metal objects such as axes, tweezers and bracelets. There are also funerary urns belonging to the Belén culture and other ceramic objects used in religious ceremonies.
Many of these pieces were found in tombs, since important people were buried with all their belongings. One of the largest urns on exhibition was found in the Calchaquí valleys and represents the Pachamama (mother earth) with protruding breasts as a sign of fertility. There are mortars and axes belonging to the Ciénaga culture that flourished between 200 B.C. and 500 A.D.

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.