Yámana Museum
Museo Yámana
A small museum on the Yámana, the Indigenous people of Tierra del Fuego, where models and pictures show how they fished from canoes along the frigid strait, often nearly naked.
The Yámana lived for generations along the Beagle Channel, making a living by canoe fishing and gathering shellfish. After Europeans arrived, disease and the disruption of their traditional way of life led to a sharp population decline. The museum sits on the downtown waterfront and uses scale models, maps and old photographs to present their way of life, their fire culture, and the history of colonization. It is small, and about 40 minutes is enough to see it. Exhibit panels are in English. It can be visited together with the neighboring End of the World Museum.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–19:00
Nearby sights
- End of the World Museum
- Maritime and Prison Museum
- Ushuaia
- Laguna de los Témpanos & Vinciguerra Glacier
- Martial Glacier
- End of the World Train
- Beagle Channel
- Laguna Esmeralda