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Museo Maritimo y del Presidio |
9410 Ushuaia, Argentina |
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Yaganes y Gobernador Paz (Ex Presidio)
Tierra del Fuego |
| Floor area | only roughly guessed: 3 500 m² / 37 674 ft² Area for radios (if not the same) 10 m² / 108 ft² |
Museum typ
Exhibition
Amateur Radio / Military & Industry Radio
- Model Ships
- Mine- & Parc Railways
- Lamps and Light
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Opening times
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April - October: daily: 10am - 8pm; November - April daily: 9am - 8pm | ||||
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Status from 03/2014
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General: $110; Foreign Students 12+ years: $70; Family Ticket: $250 $=Argentine Pesos | ||||
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| Homepage | www.museomaritimo.com | ||||
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| Location / Directions |
Ushuaia is the capital of Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur Province, Argentina. It is commonly regarded as the southernmost city in the world. AirUshuaia receives regular flights at Ushuaia – Malvinas Argentinas International Airport from Buenos Aires and Santiago, Chile.SeaIn addition to being a vacation destination for local and international tourists, Ushuaia is also the key access point to the Southern Ocean, including subantarctic islands such as South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and Antarctic islands such as the South Orkney Islands and the South Shetland Islands. Its commercial pier is the major port of departure in the world for tourist and scientific expeditions to the Antarctic PeninsulaLandThe southern terminus of the Pan-American Highway, which is also the southern end of Argentina National Route 3, is located in Tierra del Fuego National Park.The Maritime Museum of Ushuaia is located in the building of the former Prison of Ushuaia. |
| Description | PERMANENT EXHIBITS:Naval models and maquettes that recreate the history of Tierra del Fuego and the evolution of naval building. Models are from Carlos Pedro Vairo´s personal collection and built by Mirón Gonik, Gerardo Ghiringhelli, Carlos Casella, Manfredi Tramonti, Diego Florit, Daniel Mosquera, Gustavo Schmidt (en botellas), Horacio Rodriguez (miniaturas), Manuel Abella, Harvey Bonin, María de los Ángeles Martínez, Federico Escusol Galiana y Mario Luis Rivero.You will find areas devoted to the "Fragata Sarmiento," Luis Piedra Buena's "Goleta Espora," and to the shipwreck of the "Monte Cervantes" including photographs and objects recovered from the wreck. Autoctonous Canoes models and an insight into the people who saileded them. Old Presidio tour. We go back in time to the first prison in Tierra del Fuego (1896) , ) intended to set up a penal colony. We continue with the building of the present premises, the inmates' life, their work routine, punishment, the prison's closure, and the sad story of some of its more conspicuous dwellers. Photographic exhibition showing the evolution of City of Ushuaia An exhibition of austral wildlife and its relationship whith mam.Organized by Dr. Adrián Schiavini, Favio Fraga and the Dirección Nacional del Antártico (DNA). Permanent exhibit on Antarctic topics, organized by the Dirección Nacional del Antártico and the Director of MUSEOANTAR, Dr. Ricardo Capdevila. Provincial Police permanent exhibit. Organized by Tierra del Fuego Provincial Police. Naval Hydrography permanent exhibit . At present the show-rooms in Pavilion 2 are being re-distributed. National Penitentiary Service´s Permanent exhibit. Organized by Mrs. María del Carmen Raggio de Villalba, Director of the Museo Penitenciario de la Nación, R. Balbé. (Pavilion 2). Gold prospectors´exhibit. Both in the past and at present. Exponents of the austral architectonic heritage. Organized by architect Leonardo Lupiano The Pioneers and old inhabitants. It is a series of show-rooms (ex cells), showing the different aspects of the European Settlers that arrived in Tierra del Fuego. At present, new show-rooms are being developed in Pavilion 2. These will show the life and work of Anglican Missionaries. Art Gallery Opened on 3 March 1999, in the spirit of union among Patagonic artists, this gallery will feature group and solo exhibits and other art-related activities. Library, In Pavilion 2, the Maritime Museum of Ushuaia has opened the Library "Roberto J. Payró" , which includes periodicals, newspapers, maps, and videos, in cooperation with the Municipalidad de Ushuaia (Municipality of Ushuaia) and the Gobierno de la Provincia de Tierra del Fuego (Government of the Province of Tierra del Fuego) The Lighthouse of the End of the WorldIn 1884, the San Juan de Salvamento Lighthouse was built on the Isla de los Estados. A Subprefecture was also built and its function was that of rescuing eventual shipwreck victims.The lighthouse was named the "End of the World Lighthouse", due to a novel written by Jules Verne (Le Phare du Boute du Monde. Dc.1905). It was the only light that sailors had in the Austral sea. It was also the last reference before Antarctica, or what was otherwise previously called, the unknown. Reconstruction of a Yamana Bark CanoeA "Yamana" bark canoe was built in 1995, based on etnographic and historical data that we had accumulated on the subject. |
| Description (other) |
Origem: Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre. O museu na verdade é um conglomerado de museus que atuam em conjunto, integrado pelo Museu Marítimo de Ushuaia propriamente dito, o Museu do Presídio de Ushuaia, o Museu Antártico José María Sobral e o Museu de Arte Marinha de Ushuaia, que, juntos, formam um acervo eclético, com seções sobre antropologia, geografia, arte marinha, história da cidade, história do presídio, história natural e história das navegações antárticas, além de possuir uma galeria de arte para exposições temporárias, uma biblioteca com seção de obras raras, uma hemeroteca, uma videoteca e um centro de eventos. O museu preserva uma das melhores coleções do mundo de miniaturas de navios que exploraram o continente antártico. |
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