 Secretaría de Turismo de Sarmiento
The museum, opened on June 21, 1972, keeps evidence of those who reigned in this Patagonic land and accompanies the real history of this Parish.
It keeps many lithic works and heads of arrows as well as works made of bones, harpoons, needles, pottery and ritual works of art.
You will come across a beautiful and original tehuelche fur blanket made up of fur and feathers of ostriches which is a unique pice donated by an old Welsh family.
Dlesiderio Torres Museum takes us to the labyrinth of time allowing us to travel around our past. |
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Paleontologic Room
Extraordinary original pieces of dinosaurs found in this region make up the heritage of this area due to an afreement of colaboration and return signed in 1994 between the Department of Paleovertebrates of San Juan Bosco Patagonia National University and Sarmiento Town Council.
Achaeological Room
You will find important evidence of disappeared cultures ( Tehuelche and Mapuche) settled in Sarmiento Valley and its surroundings.
The heritage belonging to these cultures is made up of 24.000 pieces being shown around 16.000. They provide a lithic material which is extremely interesting- the pieces shown in this room take us 10.000 years back in time. This collection is made up of heads of arrows of different materials, amulets, buttons, pieces of vases, location plans, pipes, needles, etcetera. |
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Colonists Room
You can contemplate an important phtographic collection that gives testimony of the beginning and development of the first years - elements, letters, documents, furniture belonging to the old settlers.
There is a unique richess in the museum- the first hoisted flag which was made up with a blanket and having a painted sun with saturation technique. The dye was extracted from the roots of calafate and native women made the painting.
Pottery
A display in the Center of Regional Culture shows us a varied and extremely interesting collection of pieces made up of regional clay. These are works made with love and respect to our preceding culture. |
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