Loma Plata Mennonite Museum
Museo de la Inmigración Menno
An open-air museum in Loma Plata, the centre of the Menno Colony, preserving the log houses and farm tools of the first settlers who arrived in 1927.
The Menno Colony, founded in 1927 by migrants from Canada, was the earliest Mennonite colony in the Chaco. The museum consists of several old houses and courtyards, displaying the settlers' oxcarts, stoves, furniture and documents, and telling the story of how they struggled to build a life in the water-scarce Chaco. In Loma Plata town, you will also find the large Trébol dairy plant run by the Chortitzer cooperative. The museum is about 25 km from Filadelfia, on a paved road.
Opening hours
Weekdays approx. 07:00–11:30, 14:00–17:30
Nearby sights
- Fortín Isla Poí
- Centro de Interpretación del Gran Chaco Americano
- Jakob Unger Museum
- Centro de Artesanías del Chaco
- Avenida Hindenburg & Fernheim Cooperative
- Laguna Capitán
- Neuland Colony (Neu-Halbstadt)
- Fortín Boquerón