Museums and galleries in Buenos Aires

Museums and galleries in Buenos Aires

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   Association of Friends of the Tramway

   Asociación Amigos del Tranvía

   The museum has a collection of old trams and subway (subte) cars stored at the subway system workshop Taller Polvorin. Trams operate for a limited time on weekends and holidays, and run through nearby streets on a 2 km loop. Check Horarios in the link for operating days and times.

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   Cabildo of Buenos Aires

   During colonial times, this building served as the government house of Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. Today, the building, now a museum, is much smaller than it once was, due to the construction of 2 avenues but remains an attractive building. The classic white facade dates from the 18th century. The balcony on the second storey provides a good view of the Plaza.

   Wed-Sun 10:30-18:00·Free

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   ESMA Museum and Site of Memory

   During the military rule in Argentina (1976-83), the Navy School of Mechanics (Escuela Superior de Mecánica de la Armada, abbreviated as ESMA) was turned into a prison and torture center for people opposing the regime. Today the complex is a memorial to the cruelties that took place there, and since 2023 it's listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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   Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti

   River Plate Stadium

   This football temple was opened on 25 May 1938 and named after former club president Antonio Vespucio Liberti. It is the largest stadium in Argentina with a capacity of 62.000 and also home of the Argentina national football team. In 2009 a museum was opened. The entrance fee to Museo River including a stadium tour costs ARS210. The River Plate stadium is located in Belgrano.

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   Museo Evita

   Evita Museum

   The museum provides a good overview of the life of Evita Perón. Many of her personal belongings are displayed.

   Tue-Sun 11:00-19:00

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   Museo Histórico Sarmiento

   Sarmiento historic museum

   Museum dedicated to Argentine history, and in particular to the Generation of '80 and the life of President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, a writer and political figure who was President of Argentina between 1868 and 1874.

   Mon-Fri 13:00-18:00; Sat,Sun 14:00-19:00

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   Museo de Arte Español Enrique Larreta

   A museum of Spanish art, which resulted from the purchase by the city of the Buenos Aires home of Enrique Larreta, perhaps the most prominent Argentine exponent of Hispanic modernism in literature. Only the gardens are accessible while the museum is undergoing renovation.

   10ARS

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   Museo de Artes Plásticas Eduardo Sívori

   At Av. Infanta Isabel 555. The Museum of Fine Arts Eduardo Sivori was founded to cherish Argentine artistic production, gathering works that could lead the public to a direct knowledge of expressions of spirit.

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   National Fine Arts Museum

   Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes

   A top-notch museum - some well-known impressionists are represented, including some wonderful Degas ballerinas. The museum brings home to you the fact that BA was a rich part of the European mainstream for much of its history. It has offices in the City of Buenos Aires and in the city of Neuquén. This museum was founded in December 1896, it has approximately 12000 pictures and it is a public museum. The works of El Greco, Goya, Rodin, Rembrandt, Rubens, Renoir, Degas, Cézanne, Chagall and Picasso are among the international art heritage of the museum. Among the most important Argentine paintings, it has works by Cándido López, Lino Enea Spilimbergo, Prilidiano Pueyrredón, Fernando Fader, Benito Quinquela Martín, Xul Solar, Antonio Berni, Carlos Alonso and Antonio Seguí. The museum has a photography room, an art and a pre-Columbian art room, two terraces of sculptures and a library with 150,000 copies.

   Tue-Fri 11:30-19:30, Sat Sun 09:30-19:30·Free entrance

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    Galería Mar Dulce

    Galeria Mar Dulce is the latest addition to the sizzling Buenos Aires' art scene. Housed on the ground floor of former town-house in the heart of the trendy Palermo Soho district, with light streaming in from large windows onto the street and a lovely little garden out back, it’s more like your trendy friend’s living room that a traditional white-cube gallery. Mar Dulce specializes in artworks by Argentine and Uruguayan artists (hence the name, a former term for the River Plate which runs between the two countries). Artists include some big names on the local art scene, such as Tulio de Sagastizábal, Santiago Porter, James Peck or the father and son Raoul and Ral Veroni. Nearly all artworks are small format however, so well within a traveling budget. The gallery changes exhibitions every 6 weeks or so and always presents 2 shows simultaneously: a solo exhibition and what they call their +COLLECTIVE, so there’s always plenty to browse. Up to date info in Spanish and English is available on the galeriamardulce.blogspot.com and also on facebook and twitter. The gallery is just a few blocks away from the new hub of Palermo art in Humboldt and Cabrera, and round the corner from the famous La Cabrera steakhouse, so present shopping and dinner plans made easy!

    Tue-Sat 15:00-20:00·free entry

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Buenos Aires (CC BY-SA 4.0).