President Nicolás Avellaneda Provincial Historical Museum

Congreso 56
Tel. 081-311039
Open Mondays through Fridays from 8 to 12:30a.m. and from 4:30 to 8:30p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays from 9:30 to 12:30a.m. and from 5:30 to 8:30p.m.

This museum functions in the so-called Avellaneda House that was declared a National Historic Monument in 1941. Its construction was ordered in 1835 by the then governor and powerful landowner José Manuel Silva, grandfather of whom would later become president of the nation, Nicolás Avellaneda. It is known as the house of "the hundred doors", and was built by the same architect who designed the cathedral. The museums wealth amounts to 15,000 pieces exhibited in 12 halls containing documents issued by former governors, 19th-century furniture, portraits - some of which were made by Lola Mora -, silverwork, medals and coins. One of the exhibits on display is the Ibatín Jug dating from the 17th. century. It was found near Monteros and is made entirely of embossed silver.
There is also a hall devoted to civil wars which exhibits period costumes, weapons and imagery.

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.