Museo Marítimo de Ushuaia, Ushuaia

The Maritime and Prison Museum of Ushuaia is located in the building of the Former Prison of Ushuaia, where the most dangerous criminals were imprisoned for their recidivism, gaining a sad fame. Today, the building houses four museums: the Maritime Museum recreates with a maritime theme through a collection of models and naval models, everything related to the history of Tierra del Fuego from the special point of view of the seafarer, since the island of Tierra del Fuego and the archipelago that surrounds it, as well as the Falkland Islands, the South Georgias Islands and Antarctica are linked to the sea in every concept, the Museum of the Prison in Pavilion IV, where we learn about the first Prison of Tierra del Fuego, the intention of a penal colonization and the construction of the present building, The José María Sobral Antarctic Museum on the top floor of Pavilion IV has 19 rooms with the richest collection of historical and biological Antarctic materials preserved. The Museum of Marine Art, with a selection of works of art by marine and port artists, through which an attempt is made to give a general and balanced view of the development of marine art in Argentina, from 1889 to the present day.