Museo de la Industria Azucarera, Northern Argentina, Argentina
4.0 (198 reviews) Spent Ranking #7 in Province of Tucuman Speciality Museums
Nice colonial mansion museum on the west side of the 200+ acre 9 of Julio Park.
We walked 2 km northeast from our Hotel Metropol to this free museum surrounded by a steam locomotive, 2 cylinder steam engine with huge flywheel, and various field equipment. The Spanish speaking attendant instructed our self tour beginning in the 2 room out building. The first room had a movie displaying the timeline of this industry and the second had a huge ox drawn sugarcane cart, boiling vats, and crushing equipment. Next door was the 1820’s “José Eusebio Colombres” home with furnishings, photographs, and a movie of the sugarcane harvesting and factory advances to process sugar. This man is credited with planting the cane on this farm in 1821 (brought originally by the early Jesuits), having the first mill, thus beginning this provinces profitable industry. Although all information is in Spanish, we felt our visit was most helpful in understanding the historical development of the Argentine sugarcane industry.
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Parque 9th de Julio, San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina.
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http://smt.gob.ar/MIA
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