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team of archaeologists, and MAAM was designed for their display. More than 100 other
objects were found with the mummies—gold statues and other objects dating back to the
Inca era, which will also slowly be featured over the coming years. Already, the locals are
affectionately calling this place the
museo de las momias
(mummy museum). P lan to
spend an hour her e if you want to watch the 30-minute documentar y. There is usually
one mummy on display at any one moment, including a cr
ouching girl str uck b y
lightning.
Mitre 77.
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387/437-0499.
www.maam.org.ar. Admission $5 (£3.40). Tues-Sun 9am-1pm and 4-9pm.
Museo Histórico José Evaristo Uriburu
José Evaristo Uriburu's family, which
produced two Argentine presidents, bought this simple adobe house with a roof of reeds
and curved tiles in 1810. The street entrance leads directly to a courtyard, characteristic
of homes of this era. E xhibits include period furnitur e and costumes, as w ell as docu-
ments and objects belonging to the U riburus and General Arenales.
Caseros 479.
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387/421-5340.
Tues-Sat 9:30am-1:30pm and 3:30-8:30pm.
Museo Pajarito Velarde
Guillermo Velarde Mors was one of S alta's most famous
bohemians. H is little to wn house was a must-see for any passing writers or ar tists in
1950s Salta. The quaint little corner cottage is no w an inter esting museum crammed
with musical instruments, Bolivian Carnaval masks, vinyl records, and Independence-era
weaponry. The enthusiastic guide, Car ol Murgvizur, graciously r eveals the literar y and
cultural legacy of the city as w ell as lets you try on a hat once worn b y Carlos Gardel.
Pueyrredon 106.
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387/421-2921.
Daily 9am-1pm and 3-7:30pm.
Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes de Salta (Museum of Fine Arts)
Color-
fully decorated tapestries and other r egional works fill this 18th-centur y Spanish house,
which features a permanent collection of colonial art upstairs, and religious and contem-
porary art downstairs. Noteworthy pieces include a por trait of Francisco de Uriburu by
Spanish painter J oaquín S orolla y B astida, and a painting of S
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alta b y I talian Carlo
Penutti.
Florida 20.
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387/421-4714.
Mon-Sat 9am-1pm and 4-8:30pm.
Salta C athedral
The corn-y ellow facade of this cathedral dominates the central
plaza. Inside you'll find beautiful interiors of ocher, blue, green, and gold with angels and
cherubs smiling from the ornate ceiling corners. It holds a pantheon of Salta's luminaries,
including local fr eedom fighter and str ongman Martín Miguel de G üemes. There is a
lovely side gallery of arches and beautiful floor tiles and an elaborate pulpit is perched to
one side like a tiny gilded balcony.
España 558. No phone. Mon-Fri 6:30am-12:15pm and 4:30-8:15pm; Sat 7:30am-12:15pm and 5-8:15pm;
Sun 7:30am-1pm and 5-9:15pm.
San Bernardo Convent
Salta's oldest r eligious building was declar ed a H is-
torical National Monument in 1941. I t's worthy of a walk b y to admire the city's most
impressive example of colonial and indigenous ar t (only Carmelite nuns ar e allowed to
enter). Indigenous craftsmen carved the entrance from a carob tree in 1762.
Caseros near Santa Fe.
Teleférico (Salta Cable Car)
Kids
This Swiss-made, well-maintained cable car
has been in operation since 1987, ferrying tourists to the top of San Bernardo Hill, 300m
(984 ft.) over Salta. It is a pleasant ride up , though the frosted Perspex glass inhibits the
