Landing Museum, Cultural institution in Puerto Madryn, Argentina.
The Landing Museum stands on Punta Cuevas, south of Puerto Madryn, near the spot where 153 Welsh colonists came ashore from the schooner Mimosa on 28 July 1865. Its exhibits cover the landing in Chubut, the background to the migration and the later development of the colony. The museum opened on 25 May 2001.
The museum opened on 25 May 2001 at Punta Cuevas, near the spot where 153 Welsh colonists came ashore from the schooner Mimosa on 28 July 1865. Its exhibits trace the background of that landing in Chubut and the development of the colony that followed. The site itself, with rock hollows in the cliffs, is held to be the first Welsh settlement, though flooding at high tide forced the newcomers to improvise other shelters nearby for a few days.
The museum's name and setting tie it to the 28 July 1865 landing of 153 Welsh colonists from the schooner Mimosa, the event the exhibits recount along with the colony's later development. Nearby, the caves of Punta Cuevas, natural hollows in the cliff, are held to be the first Welsh settlement; because they flood at high tide, the colonists are said to have built improvised shelters where they stayed a few days. Some caves remain, protected within the Parque Histórico Punta Cuevas.
The museum stands on Punta Cuevas, on the southern edge of Puerto Madryn, a short walk from the city along the coastal road toward the cliffs. The surrounding caves of the Parque Histórico Punta Cuevas flood at high tide, so time a walk along the cliff top accordingly.
The museum stands on Punta Cuevas, named for natural hollows eroded into the cliff rock. Some of these caves survive and are protected within the Parque Histórico Punta Cuevas. Because the caves flood at high tide, the colonists are said to have built improvised shelters nearby and lived there for a few days.
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