Prison and Maritime Museum
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OPERATES
Opens year- round
March to December: from 10 to 20
January and February: from 09 to 20
Last entrance to the museum must be at 19.30
TICKETS
Tickets are valid for 2 consecutive days. You must show the ticket stamped and also the identity card
Children under 12 years old accompanied by an adult: FREE
The museum offers guided tours in spanish everyday at 11.30 and 18.30 (from December to February also at 16.30)
The visit lasts 1 hour.
It is possible to take guided tours for private groups. Bookings must be done previously
We invite you to walk through narrow corridors, peep into the cells to imagine how life in prison have been like. The most dangeours prisioners of the country lost their name and were identified with a number. Going through the gates of the historic pavilion is a trip to the past. Some prisioners gained great notority as the multiple murderer Mateo Banks that was known as “the mystic” or Cayetano Santos Godino sadly known as “the petiso orejudo” and the anarchist Simón Radowitsky. Severe discipline was imposed.
Those who had good behaviour worked outside the prison, for example in the forest where they arrive by train from the city centre. Because of the workshops, the prisioners fulfilled all the needings of the city. They have built streets, bridges, public buildings and in the prison operated the first printing press, the telephone, the electricity, among others essential services.
Nowadays there operates the Maritime Museum, the Prision Museum, the Antarctic Museum and the Museum of marine art.
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