History Museum of the North, Colonial history museum in Salta, Argentina

The History Museum of the North is a history museum housed in an 18th-century building that displays objects from different periods. Multiple rooms contain indigenous artifacts, colonial-era items, and historical documents that tell the story of the region.

The original Cabildo of Salta was built in 1582; the present building dates from 1789 and its tower was added in 1797. It later served as a prison, police headquarters and government house until 1880, was sold in 1889 and used as housing, shops and a hotel. Declared a National Historic Monument in 1936, it was restored and opened as the Museo Histórico del Norte on 25 August 1949.

The museum opened on 25 August 1949 in the Cabildo de Salta, a colonial building whose current structure dates from 1789 and whose tower was added in 1797. During the de facto governorship of Roberto Ulloa, all the pieces in the cabildo disappeared, a case that was never solved; some of the missing items were later recovered.

The museum occupies the Cabildo de Salta, on the city's main square, and has been open there since 25 August 1949. Visitors move through the rooms of the colonial building itself, so the layout follows the old cabildo rather than a modern gallery plan. The tower, added in 1797, is part of the structure you see.

The Cabildo of Salta, where the museum has operated since 25 August 1949, was declared a National Historic Monument in 1936 and restored six years later. During Roberto Ulloa's de facto governorship, every piece in the building disappeared; the case was never solved, though some items were later recovered.