The Museum of Contemporary Art and an important collection

It is located at the intersection of Oroño Boulevard and the Paraná River in what was a silo in a former port area of the city called Davis Silo. The building was designed by Ermete de Lorenzi (1900-1971), one of the most important Rosario architects of the 20th century.

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Rosario administratively depends on the Juan B. Castagnino Municipal Museum of Fine Arts.

Its heritage is, today, the most important collection of Argentine contemporary art in the country, with works by artists such as Nicola Constantino, Marcos López, Marta Minujín, Marcelo Pombo, León Ferrari and groups such as Tucumán Arde, among others.

History
This annex of the Castagnino Museum was born as a consequence of the formation of an important collection, whose history begins with an initiative of the Antorchas Foundation, which agreed to donate 27 works that had been selected by the director of the MALBA (Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires) Marcelo Pacheco, if a large collection of Argentine art was formed.

Simultaneously, since the end of the 20th century, an important intervention has been carried out on the central coast of the city of Rosario as a consequence of the transfer of the port activities that were carried out there.

The Museum operates in what was a grain collection plant on the banks of the Paraná River. In the first stage, 970 square meters were enabled, corresponding to the ten floors where the offices functioned and a wide corridor that crowns the silos at the height of the seventh floor. For a second stage, the recycling of the eight cylinders, each 7.5 meters in diameter, is planned.

Shcedules and prices
Open from Wednesday to Sunday from 2pm to 8pm
Tours for the general public take place at 6 p.m. Free entry.

How to get there by bus?
102 R. Siberia – Logarithm Club.
35/9 N. Pérez – Plaza Sarmiento – Alvear – Ricardone.
9/35 R. Ricardone – V.G.Gálvez.