Buenos
Aires has plenty of different museums with collections dedicated
to art, sculpture, history, weapons, coins, science, coins,
theater, to name but a few.
Cultural life in Buenos Aires is rich and varied. Cultural activities
cover a wide diversity, from traditional expressions to avant-garde
tendencies. This city owns a privileged place among other Latin
American metropolis throughout history. There is a supply of
activities to broaden the visitors’ knowledge and spirit.
Galleries
Fine Arts activities is intense in Buenos Aires besides museums
and cultural centers, many private galleries organize painting
and sculpture exhibits, both classical and avant-guarde.
National
Museum of Fine Art
This is the country’s most important fine-arts- museum
and contains plenty of works from international significance
painters, and also known argentine artists belonging to the
19th and 29th centuries. Temporal expositions are also organized.
National
Museum Isaac Fernandez Blanco of Spanish American Art
Dating from1921, this museum is an attractive older building
typical of the neocolonial architecture style. It’s
exceptional collection of colonial art includes silverwork
from the Alto Peru, oils with religious themes, Jesuit statuary,
costumes, furniture and antiques.
MALBA - Latin American Museum
- Colección Costantini, Museo
de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires has the aim
to conserve, study and disseminate Latin American art, from
the early 20th Century to the present day.
The
principal goal of this museum is to stimulate public and to
awaken their interest in Latin American creators; to contribute
to the understanding of Latin American's cultural production,
furthering recognition of the region's cultural and artistic
diversity; to share responsibility with the national and international
community in these efforts, promoting artistic exchange between
national, regional, and international institutions, supporting
innovative programs that focus on the visual arts and Latin
American culture.
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Museum
of Xul Solar
Located in the old mansion of painter, inventor and poet Xul
Solar, one of Jorge Luis Borges
friends. The permanent exhibit showcases over 80 colorful
yet subdued paintings, who’s subjects are fantastically
themed figures and surreal urban landscapes.
La
Boca’s Fine Art Museum
It was once the home and studio of Benito Quinquela
Martín, this house exhibits his works and
those of other early-20th century argentine artists. Featured
in the museum’s collection is the painter’s series
of “the ships”, as well as the collection of wooden
mastheads salvaged from Italian ships.
National
History Museum
Housed in the Italianate Villa Lezama built
in 1857, this museum traces the history of Argentina in a
series of displays, each devoted to a stage of the nation’s
development, the Discovery, the Conquest,
the Viceroyship and Jesuit Missionaries,
he England Invasions, and the war of Independence.
The
museum of the Colon Theatre
This small museum within Buenos Aires world famous Colon
Opera house features a collection of original scripts,
photographs, instruments, costumes and documents associated
with the artists who have performed here since 1908.
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Enjoy
Buenos Aires extensive cultural life.
Visiting BA can take you on a Museum’s Ride or any
other worthy cultural show present at that moment in our
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