Three museums in Buenos Aires to visit

Three museums in Buenos Aires to visit during the long weekend

Each of these museums in Buenos Aires are perfect places to discover and learn about Latin American art.

With an agenda full of activities throughout the long weekend, these museums in Buenos Aires are a must-see when visiting the Argentine capital. With spaces that house collections of works by renowned artists, each of these institutions is the perfect place to discover Latin American art.
Three museums in Buenos Aires to visit
Bicentennial Museum

Inaugurated on May 24, 2011, the Bicentennial Museum is a public organization dependent on the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Nation, and is an integral part of the historical complex formed by the Casa Rosada, Plaza Colón and the Federal Gate. Throughout its galleries, it offers the public a permanent exhibition that covers Argentine history, from the beginning of the 19th century to the present.

In addition, it has a varied collection of approximately 12,000 pieces, including documents, textiles, furniture, works of national and international art, medals and decorative arts. Although the most notable is Ejercicio Plastico, a masterpiece of Latin American art made in 1933 by the Mexican artist David Alfaro Siqueiros, together with the Argentinians Antonio Berni, Juan Carlos Castagnino and Lino Enea Spilimbergo, and the Uruguayan Enrique Lázaro. Originally painted in the basement of a country house in the town of Don Torcuato.
National Museum of Decorative Art

The National Museum of Decorative Art, dedicated to design and decorative arts, has valuable collections of sculptures, paintings, tapestries, weapons, books, ceramics, furniture and miniatures, mainly European and Oriental, from the 16th to the 20th centuries.

Through permanent exhibitions, temporary exhibitions, guided tours and cultural activities, it proposes a synergistic and stimulating dialogue between the artistic testimonies of the past and the creations of the present. It is located in the Errázuriz Alvear Palace, designed in 1911 by the architect René Sergent, in a French neoclassical style.
Proa Foundation

With annual temporary exhibitions and the organization of seminars, courses, conferences and concerts, Fundación Proa is - since its inauguration - an unavoidable reference point for the arts in the city.

Its programming, focused on the dissemination of the great artistic movements of the 20th and 21st centuries. It includes a diversity of current proposals such as photography, video, design, electronic music and the permanent implementation of special projects.

The three-story building has four exhibition rooms, a multimedia auditorium, a specialized bookstore and a restaurant with a terrace. In addition to spaces for action and opening to the public and a transparent façade to communicate experiences from the interior to the neighborhood.