Gualeguaychú’s Railway Museum was established on November 24th, 1984 and, since September 29th, 2007 it has been under the local authority’s management. Located in Parque de la Estación (Railway Station Park), the highlights of the museum are a 110-year-old Steam Locomotive which still contains all its original items, and a luxurious Dining Car which not only keeps its original seats, tables and lanterns, but also displays a considerable amount of miscellaneous train antiquities, as well as pictures, maps and a railway station model. Moreover, to children’s delight, the exhibition has a “Locomotorita”, a small locomotive for kids to have a ride around the museum tracks.
Every year thousands of visitors take interest in the museum which is in the corner of Maestra Piccini and Maipú streets. It opens from 8 am to 12 am from Monday to Saturday, and from 4pm to 8pm on Sundays and Public Holidays (from March to December it opens from 2pm to 6pm). Even though the museum has no admission charge, there is an old restored red postbox in which visitors can leave a donation which is used to maintain all the museum’s items. In the case of schools or institutions which plan to visit it, they should make a previous reservation so as to be able to make the most of it during the tour.
By Marina Centurión, Valentina Degratti and Magdalena Mondría.
