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Museums and galleries in Colonia

9 museums and galleries in Colonia, from the big collections to small independent spaces.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

Museums and galleries in Colonia

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    "Dr Bautista Rebuffo" Municipal Museum

    Museo Municipal Dr. Bautista Rebuffo

    Museum in two floors presenting objects of daily life 200 years ago as well as the works of scientists and explorers that have lived and worked in the town. In the room dedicated to a biologist there are various two-, six-, and eight-legged creatures on display, as well as small and very large fossils. If you're lucky you get to meet the offspring hanging next to the fusebox in the back corner. This museum is also where you buy the U$50 ticket that allows you into all eight museums.

    Closed Tue

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    Armando Calcaterra Paleontological Museum

    Museo Paleontológico Armando Cancaterra

    Fossils, including a glyptodon, and other paleontological and archeological discoveries on display.

    Thu-Sun

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    Indigenous Museum

    Museo Indígena

    Showcases numerous artifacts, mostly from the indigenous population of the area.

    Closed Mon Thu

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    Portuguese Museum

    Museo del Período Histórico Portugués

    In this 18th century building, objects from the time when Colonia was a part of the Portuguese empire are on display including the coat of arms that was mounted on the city gate.

    Closed Wed and Fri

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    Regional Historical Archive

    Archivo Histórico Regional

    The house was built by the Portuguese in the 18th century and called "Casa de Palacios". The museum shows documents from the various epochs in Colonia's history.

    Closed Sat Sun

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    Spanish Museum

    Museo Español

    Closed for renovations as of October 2017. Here you can see everyday objects from the Spanish era, the late 18th century.

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    Tile Museum

    Museo del Azulejo

    19th-century tiles are on display in the tile museum. At Paseo San Gabriel just behind the museum, there is a beautiful map of Colonia as it looked in 1762 painted on tiles.

    Closed Fri

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    Museo de las Colecciones

    A museum of local eccentric Emilio Arenas's extraordinary collections of everything from ashtrays to baseball caps. The museum includes the Guinness World Records–certified largest collections of matchboxes, keychains, and (the highlight of the museum) pencils. We're talking more than 10,000 pencils—the farm is worth visiting just to see that collection.

    Mon–Fri 09:00–17:30, Sat Sun and holidays 09:00–18:00Free

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    Naval Museum

    Museo Naval

    Enríquez de la Peña/San Francisco

    Mon–Fri 11:00–17:00

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Colonia (CC BY-SA 4.0).