Museum of the Cuyano Past

National Historical Monument, National Decree No. 2282/70. Large house built in 1873. It contains a collection of historical documents and furniture from the 19th and 20th centuries. The Mendoza Historical Studies Board and its Library also operate here. It was the home of Governors Francisco and Emilio Civit. Characters from the country's political life like Julio A. Roca, Nicolás Avellaneda, Miguel Juárez Celman, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento and Pedro Mont, among others, stayed there.