Museo Histórico del Norte

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  • Address
    opp Plaza 9 de Julio, Caseros 549, city center
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  • Phone
    421 5340

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Lonely Planet review

Set on the square in the cabildo , this Museo Histórico del Norte has a collection that ranges from pre-Columbian ceramics through colonial-era religious painting and sculpture (admire the fine pulpit from Salta's Jesuit church), and displays on Salta in the 19th and 20th centuries.

The endless series of portraits of Salta's governors wouldn't be out of place in a beard-and-moustache museum; the transportation collection includes a somber hearse used for children's funerals, and an enormous 1911 Renault that puts any Hummer to shame. The building itself, with cobbled patio and gallery overlooking the plaza, is lovely.