Museum sights in Tierra Del Fuego
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Museo Marítimo & Museo del Presidio
Convicts were transferred from Isla de los Estados (Staten Island) to Ushuaia in 1906 to build this national prison, finished in 1920. The spokelike halls of single cells, designed to house 380, actually held up to 800 before closing in 1947. Held here were illustrious author Ricardo Rojasand and Russian anarchist Simón Radowitzky. The depiction of penal life here is intriguing, but information is in Spanish.
Another worthwhile exhibit features incredibly detailed scale models of famous ships, spanning 500 years and providing a unique glimpse into the region’s history. Remains of the world’s narrowest-gauge freight train, which transported prisoners between town and work…
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Museo Yámana
Small but carefully tended, with an excellent overview of the Yámana (Yahgan) way of life, including how they survived harsh weather without clothing, why only women knew how to swim and how campfires were kept in moving canoes. Expertly detailed dioramas (in English and Spanish) are based on bays and inlets of the national park; coming here before a park visit offers new bearings.
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Museo del Fin del Mundo
Built in 1903, this former bank contains exhibits on Fuegian natural history, stuffed birdlife, life of natives and early penal colonies, and replicas of moderate interest.
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Museo Marítimo & Museo del Presidio
When convicts were moved from Isla de los Estados (Staten Island) to Ushuaia in 1906, they began building the national prison, which was finished in 1920. The spokelike halls of single cells were designed to house 380, but in the prison’s most active period held up to 800. It closed as a jail in 1947 and now houses the Museo Marítimo & Museo del Presidio. It’s a fine port of call on a blustery day. Halls showing penal life are intriguing, but the informative plaques are only in Spanish. Two of the more illustrious inmates were author Ricardo Rojasand and Russian anarchist Simón Radowitzky.
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Museo de la Ciudad
In a restored galpón (sheepshearing shed), the Museo de la Ciudad has impressive exhibits, from logging to military displays, postal communications to cartography, indigenous artifacts to yet another milodón, an extinct giant sloth.
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