Museums in Buenos Aires

Address: Figueroa Alcorta 3415 - PalermoIt is popularly known as MALBA, it opened by initiative of the Constantini Association, which donated a large collection of 200 pieces by very famous Latin American visual artists of these times: Frida Kahlo, Diego…

Address: Pedro de Mendoza 1835 - La BocaIt is located in the upper floors of the Don Pedro de Mendoza school, in the premises Quinquela Martin donated. The museum has an art collection of many oil paintings by the painter…

Address: Av. Independencia 1190 - MonserratThe historic building in which this museum is located was built in 1795 and even after more than 200 years, it still keeps its original architecture. It is open only once a month on a…

Address: Av. Del Libertador 1902 - PalermoThis museum functions in a building known as the Errazuriz Palace (former property of the Chilean diplomat Matías Errazuriz, married to Josefina de Alvear). Its style recalls the magnanimous palaces of those times that…

Address: Suipacha 1422 - RetiroThis museum is situated in the Noel Palace (former city major). The building represents the neo-colonial style of the ‘20s, with a national architecture appearance. The interior gardens reveal a clear Spanish influence. The collection guards…

Address: Saráchaga 4906 - Vélez SarfieldIts five halls display items, photographs and even documents signed by this leader, who engaged in a myriad of battles for the country and, above all, he created the national flag, the light blue and…

Address: Defensa 1220 - San TelmoThis museum was created when Pablo Ducrós Hicken donated a private collection consisting of Lumiere and Gaumont equipments, projectors, editing projectors, props, models, wardrobes of famous stars, a large number of relics and objects that…

Address: Juramento 2138 - BelgranoThis building was erected in 1872 and it was declared historical monument, it has large columns and beautiful gardens that show the classic style of public buildings. On the 50th anniversary of the death of Domingo…

Address: Tabaré 1371 - PompeyaThis museum pursues the preservation of objects and testimonies of the Pompeya neighbourhood and the music of Buenos Aires in order to learn and spread the development of the people of the city through this very…

Address: Defensa 1600 - San TelmoIt stands in Parque Lezama, in a sumptuous neo-renaissance style establishment called “The Country House of the English” until 1857, when it was acquired by the Salta businessman Gregorio Lezama, who is responsible for that…

Address: Av. Juramento 2291 - BelgranoIt is located in the heart of Belgrano, the former place par excellence for summer properties. In the centre, there is a beautiful and original Andalusian patio, surrounded by the different halls. Its name points…

Address: Av. Angel Gallardo 490 - CaballitoIt is located in Parque Centenario, the geographical center of the city. It is devoted to the history of our flora and fauna. It is also the National Investigation Centre of Natural Sciences, and…

Address: Av. Antártida Argentina 1355 - RetiroThis museum keeps the most complete records on the arrival of the immigrants at the port of Buenos Aires between 1882 and 1929. It displays suitcases and items they brought along. Its different rooms…

Address: Alsina 412 - MonserratThis museum preserves the history of the city, and it is devoted to researching, perpetuating and spreading the life of Porteños through the retelling of their customs revealed by their personal everyday life items. It organizes…

Address: Riobamba 650 - Balvanera OnceThis is a natural sciences museum located within the school. It began as a storage place of curious objects the students brought. You will find a broad variety that goes from embalmed animals that belonged…

Address: Charcas 2837 - RecoletaThis museum has been set in what used to be the home of Ricardo Rojas, the prestigious poet, dramatist, orator, politician and historian. It consists of a neo colonial house his wife handed over to the…

Address: Hipólito Yrigoyen 219 - MonserratThis museum that opened in 1957 tells the story of our presidents through the display of their bands and sticks, documents, approval of decrees and many other elements that account for history by the work…

Address: Pasaje Caminito Entre Magallanes y Lamadri - La BocaIt is one of the most significant pedestrian streets of the city of Buenos Aires. To say “caminito” is to say tango, Quinquela Martin, the very heart of the La Boca…

Address: Laprida 1212 - PalermoThis museum tells the story of this great artist through his work: paintings, sculptures and masks perfectly displayed which, together with his personal belongings, lead us through the different stages of his life, as well as…

Address: Lafinur 2988 - PalermoThis place tells the story and legacy of one of the most important women in Argentinean history. It displays documents, pictures, testimonies and personal objects that account for the life and glory of this lady who…

Address: Libertad 769 - San NicolásIt was founded in 1967 by the Israeli Congregation in Argentina, named after its founder Dr. Salvador Kibrick. It is a private museum of history, art and religion. It keeps very valuable objects donated by…

Address: Alicia Moreau de Justo al 1900. Dique 1 - Puerto MaderoThis ship on display on Puerto Madero was declared National Historic Monument on 1967 since it participated on great deeds such as the expedition that recovered national sovereignty on…

Address: Av. Del Libertador 1473 - RecoletaThe National Museum of Arts was created in 1895. After having its seat in different mansions, in 1931, by initiative of the national government an exclusive building was designed for the museum by the…

Address: Paraguay 2155 Piso 1 - RecoletaIt opened to honour Professor Bernardo Houssay, 1947 Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology for his research on the processing of carbohydrate in metabolism and hypophysis, which was continued by Luis Federico Leloir, 1970…