MARITIME MUSEUM OF USHUAIA

The Maritime Museum of Ushuaia is located in the building of the former Prison of Ushuaia (or Re-offenders Prison of Tierra del Fuego). The building of the prison, which was closed down in 1947, was declared a National Historic Monument by the National Congress in April 1997. Nowadays, the Argentine Navy and the Maritime Museum of Ushuaia are recovering its facilities for visitors. This Web site provides some information about its history.

The Maritime Museum of Ushuaia is run by a non-profit Civil Association having no funding from national or provincial governments. This means that the improvements made on the historic building, the salaries, the utilities bills and any other works are funded by the entrance ticket and the profits from the selling of books and souvenirs.
We are very grateful to the Argentine Navy and the Municipality of Ushuaia for their contribution with the museum’s operations.

EXHIBITIONS

MARITIME MUSEUM

How it was built from an emblematic building of Ushuaia in ruins and about to demolish a cultural lighthouse. We recover the collective memory and transmit to current and future generations the richness of Fuegian history..

MODEL COLLECTION

In the Ushuaia Maritime Museum, the history of Tierra del Fuego and the evolution of shipbuilding during the last 5 centuries are recreated, through a collection of models and ship models made ...

YAGHAN canoe

Based on ethnographic and historical data, the reconstruction of a bark canoe "YAGÁN" was carried out. It was used by the "canoe nomads" from the Beagle Channel

ISLA DE LOS ESTADOS

LIGHTHOUSE AT THE END OF THE WORLD

CAPE HORN

SHIPWRECKS

CARTOGRAPHY

HISTORY

Geography

DIRECTOR

RESEARCH

MARITIME ARCHEOLOGY