Introduction to Argentina Museum Attractions

Argentina is a country of immigrants. In order to seek a sense of national identity, Argentines attach great importance to their own history and traditions. Various types of museums are located in every corner of the city. Since 2004, the Buenos Aires City Government has held a "Museum Night" event every year on the weekend in November to bring people closer to historical traditions.

Argentina Museum of Modern Art

The Argentine Museum of Modern Art is located near the San Telmo district of the capital and is one of the most traditional buildings in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. Its predecessor was a warehouse of a cigarette factory, dating back to 1918. There are many exhibitions displayed here, the most precious and representative of which are contemporary art, photos, architecture and industrial designs, and the museum is famous for it.

Address: Av., near Santo Tamo, Buenos Aires, Argentina San Juan 350 Tickets: 1$, Free on Wednesdays: Tuesday to Friday 10:00-20:00; Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays 11:00-20:00

Buenos Aires Museum of Latin American Art

The Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires opened on September 21, 2001, mainly to preserve, study and disseminate Latin American art from distant times. The museum, also known as "Malba", is a non-profit institution that visitors can visit for free. It not only houses the wonderful Costantini collection, but also serves as a dynamic cultural center.

The Costantini Collection covers more than 200 selected collections, including sketches, paintings, sculptures and objects, from 78 artists from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela. These works allow visitors to truly appreciate the coincidences and differences in the art of great Latin American artists and better interpret the history of Latin American art.

It is a dynamic cultural center because it often carries out various forms of activities, such as film festivals, shopping, debate competitions, guided visits, infant programs and other cultural, educational activities and other activities, which promote Latin American art. development.

National Museum of History of Argentina

The National Historical Museum of Argentina is an Italian-style building built in 1846, while the museum was established in 1889. The museum is majestic and solemn. It was once an old official residence. It mainly collects Argentine history and other things, including materials and objects related to the May Revolution and the War of Independence.

In addition, it also displays all the information on Argentina's history and customs, including Indian culture before the 15th century (before the arrival of Spain) to the 20th century. There are a wide variety of exhibits, including prints, watercolors, weapons, maps and daily objects. It is beautiful, and what's more rare is that it shows the long history of Argentina since its establishment, so it is worth a visit.

Address: Buenos Aires, Argentina, Defensa 1600 Opening hours: February-April 11:00-18:00; May-September 10:00-17:00; October-December 11:00-18:00; Closed on Monday

Ushuaia Museum

The Presion and Maritime Museum in Ushuaia in Argentina is also known as the "End of the World Museum" museum, and it is quite unusual. It used to be a prison in Ushuaia and held 700 prisoners. The prison building is in the shape of an octopus, with the center as the center, and five channels and channels spread out radially. The left and right sides of each channel are cells with an area of about 4 or 5 square meters. It was abolished only on March 21, 1947, when President Juan Veron of the Japanese government announced that Ushuaia would be stopped as a place of exile for prisoners. Prisons no longer hold prisoners. In the 1990s, they were transformed into three museums: the Maritime Museum, the Prison Museum and the Art Museum.

Most of the museum's exhibitions are held in the original prison cells. Introduction in several languages is available at the entrance. The first part of the museum is the Maritime Museum Area, where models of several small boats, as well as various pictures and information can be seen. The next part is the history of the indigenous people who originally lived in this area, and then comes to the cells that introduce the prison, which still retains the original appearance of the prison.

There is also a contemporary art center, a small gift shop and a cafe. If you really watch every exhibit carefully, it will take at least 2 hours. The big slogan in front of the Ushuaia Museum reads,"This is the end of the world, everything starts here", which quite sets off the atmosphere of this southernmost city in the world.

Juan Manuel Fangio Museum

Juan Manuel Fangio (June 24, 1911-July 15, 1995) was a world-famous Argentine racing driver. Between 1951 and 1957, he won the F1 drivers championship five times for Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz and Ferrari.

The Juan Manuel Fangio Museum is a racing museum dedicated to Formula One driver Fangio. It is located in Balkasse, Buenos Aires, Argentina, the birthplace of Formula One racing and is only a few blocks away from Fangio's birthplace. The museum opened in 1986 and Juan Manuel Fangio attended the opening ceremony. The museum covers an area of 4600 square meters and is divided into six floors. It houses a series of racing cars that Fangio once drove, trophies he won, award-winning photos and other related monuments. A total of 50 classic super racing cars are on display here, mainly including Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, Maserati and Alfa Romeo. These precious racing cars are parked in various corners of the museum according to different exhibition themes, which will surely make car fans feast their eyes!

Beatles Museum

After the Beatles became popular around the world and appeared on the international music stage, Argentine music fans also came up with the idea of establishing a museum to commemorate the Beatles quartet. As a result, the Beatles Museum came into being in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. Open to the public in 2011.

Rodolfo Vazquez, founder of the Beatles Museum, started collecting Beatles objects when he was 10 years old. He listened to the Beatles 'songs and fell deeply in love with the band. As he grew older, his collection of the band increased day by day. On display in the museum is the music fan's lifetime collection, with a total of more than 8500 pieces, including records, stamps, small objects, human figures and all items related to the band. Next door to the museum is the replica Liverpool Cavan Club, the Beatles Cafe, etc. This building complex enjoys the reputation of "Broadway in Buenos Aires".

Museum of Natural History in La Plata, Argentina

La Plata Museum of natural history is located in La Plata, Argentina. It displays a large number of precious specimens such as archeology, ethnicity, animals, plants, and minerals. In the woods on the outskirts of La Plata, there is a tall neoclassical building. This is the Natural Science Museum of the University of La Plata. Founded in 1884, the museum is the largest of its kind in South America and one of the world-famous museums. It is famous for its collection of fossils of ancient organisms. There are two restored stone statues of the long-extinct Pampas leopard on both sides of the museum entrance. A complete whale skeleton hangs from the ceiling of the ground-floor lobby. On display here are fossils of ancient organisms on the South American continent and seas, pottery, bows, canoes, etc. from indigenous Indians, and unearthed bodies of indigenous people, packed in pottery urns, reflecting their funeral customs.

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Argentine Butterfly Museum In the city of San Miguel, about 35 kilometers from Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, there is one of the largest butterfly museums in Argentina, collecting 200,000 butterfly specimens from all over the world, attracting butterfly enthusiasts and researchers from all over the world. The entire Butterfly Museum building has been uniquely designed to ensure that the temperature and humidity in the room are most suitable for the preservation of butterfly specimens. In addition, the walls of the museum are well insulated to prevent damage caused by sunlight to preserved butterfly specimens. In addition to its rich-collected exhibition halls, the museum also has studios, laboratories, incubation rooms, libraries and archives. Museum staff and researchers sorted out the butterfly specimens while carefully observing the incubation and growth process of different species of butterflies.

The museum was founded by Argentine biologist Andres Barga. He has been collecting various butterfly specimens since he was 8 years old. After decades of collecting, the museum has finally reached a considerable scale. Today, this exhibition hall has become one of the largest butterfly museums in Latin America.​