At the edge of town we visited this former prison, in operation from about 1911 to 1947. It was built to house hard-core convicts and political prisoners – but constructed here to help establish an Argentine presence in the area (an instant “settlement” that the prisoners were forced to help build the infrastructure for, including parts of the prison itself).... More

Previously a jail, the Museo Maritimo de Ushuaia is a huge museum with numerous cells telling the history of Ushuaia and the inmates who resided there. There is a good museum store as well as a modern art gallery. It's well worth your time. More

So at times I felt a bit like I was on the Alcatraz tour in the movie "So I married an ax murderer"... However this museum is full of everything. They've got penguins. Shipwrecks. Pirates. Serial killers. Political prisoners. Lighthouse. Gift shop where you can buy a magnet with the likeness of your favorite serial killer who had been in... More

I think it is. If you have extra time in Ushuaia, this is a good diversion for a couple of hours. The museum is informative, but filled with models as opposed to housing historical material. The prison part of the museum is a lot more fun, especially the part that has not been touched and looks old, dark and scary.... More

I liked to see all the animal species in the area, and I would add historical objects, a very complete museum More

Excellent models, lots of photographs and bi-lingual displays make this informative and, for guys anyway, interesting. My wife zipped through it and went to the prison instead :-)) More

We really enjoyed our visit to the Maritim Museum. It actually regroups various museums (penitentiary museum, display of model ships, museum on Antarctica and information on the Fuegan people) so I would dedicate a few hours to visit it, and probably not after a long trek. All of the different parts of the museums were well-organised and each contained a... More

We toured the museum since it was included with the prison and Antarctic museum. It was interesting and we enjoyed it. More

Intersting museum a little hard to follow the order of events. We have found the smaller museums to be much better More