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Name Location Type Summary
Academia Nacional del Tango de la República Argentina Buenos Aires Dance History of the tango
Ángel María de Rosa Municipal Museum of Art Junín Art
ARA Presidente Sarmiento Buenos Aires Maritime 1890s training ship
ARA Uruguay Buenos Aires Maritime 1870s Corvette museum ship
Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum Buenos Aires Natural history Dinosaurs, animals, plants, geology
Buque Museo Irigoyen San Pedro Maritime Navajo class fleet tug deployed in World War II
Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art Buenos Aires Art Contemporary and modern art
Buenos Aires Toy Museum Buenos Aires Toy website, cultural and social history of Argentina through toys
Caraffa Fine Arts Museum Córdoba Art Paintings and sculptures by renowned local artists
Carlos J. Gradin Museum of Archaeology Perito Moreno Archaeology An Archaeological Museum, named after Carlos J. Gradin.[1][2][3][4][5] As of 2019, the building is still under construction.[6]
Casa Argentina del Arte Correo Buenos Aires Art Mail art exhibitions and gatherings by national and foreign artists
Casa de Moneda Museum Buenos Aires Numismatic Coins, medals, banknotes, operated by the Argentine mint
Casa Histórica de la Independencia San Miguel de Tucumán History Colonial and independence history of Argentina
Casa Nacional del Bicentenario Buenos Aires History History and culture of Argentina
Casa Rosada Buenos Aires Dance Official executive mansion of Argentina, includes museum about the presidents of Argentina
Centro Cultural Recoleta Buenos Aires Art Cultural arts centre with exhibits
Córdoba Historical Museum Córdoba History City history, culture
Dr. Ángel Gallardo Provincial Natural Sciences Museum Rosario Natural history Animals, plants, minerals, dinosaurs, fossils, anthropology
Dr. Julio Marc Provincial Historical Museum Rosario History Includes archaeological artifacts, Spanish-American art, numismatics, pre-Columbian textile and silverwork crafts, weapons, furniture
Eduardo Sívori Museum Buenos Aires Art Argentinian art
Ernesto de la Cárcova Museum of Reproductions and Comparative Sculpture Buenos Aires Art Replicas of original sculptures from ancient Egypt, Chaldea, Mesopotamia and Greek
Evita Fine Arts Museum Córdoba Art
Firma y Odilo Estévez Municipal Decorative Art Museum Rosario Art Includes European paintings from the 17th to the 19th centuries, ivory objects, Spanish American silver, tapestries, rugs, glassware, porcelain and sculptures
Fortabat Art Collection Buenos Aires Art Collection includes 19th century Argentine landscape, naturalist and naïf art, 20th century Argentine works, international art, Figurative art works
Francisco Moreno Museum of Patagonia San Carlos de Bariloche Natural history Fossils, prehistory, Aboriginal culture and artifacts, regional history, Argentina's national parks
Hotel Castelar Buenos Aires History Hotel with museum room dedicated to Spanish poet and dramatist Federico García Lorca
Hotel de Inmigrantes Buenos Aires History History of immigration to Argentina
Juan B. Ambrosetti Museum of Ethnography Buenos Aires Ethnography Archaeological and cultural artifacts from northwestern Argentina and Patagonia
Juan B. Castagnino Fine Arts Museum Rosario Art European art, Argentine art of the 19th and 20th century, and works by Rosario artists until the 1930s
Juan Carlos Castagnino Municipal Museum of Art Mar del Plata Art Paintings, sculptures, lithographs, photographs and other works
La Plata Museum La Plata Natural history Dinosaurs, fossils, geology, animals, insects, evolution
MALBA: Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Art Latin American art from the onset of the 20th century to the present
Mar del Plata Museum of the Sea Mar del Plata Natural history Features aquarium displays, collections of seashells, exhibits about oceanography
Municipal Museum of the City Rosario History Local history, culture
Museo Carmen Funes Plaza Huincul Natural history Dinosaurs
Museo de Arte Español Enrique Larreta Buenos Aires Art Spanish art including medieval, baroque and Spanish Renaissance art, armor, tapestries, baroque decor, manuscripts, wood carvings, and French furniture
Museo de Arte Hispanoamericano Isaac Fernández Blanco Buenos Aires Art Collection of Spanish and Latin American art particularly of the Cuzco School, including fine and decorative arts
Museo de Arte Popular José Hernandez Buenos Aires Art website, historic and contemporary folk art
Museo de Esculturas Luis Perlotti Buenos Aires Art website, sculpture by Luis Perlotti and others
Museo de los Niños Abasto Buenos Aires Children's website
Museo del Automóvil Club Argentino Buenos Aires Automotive Historic automobiles, history of cars in Argentina
Museo del Bicentenario Buenos Aires History website, history of Argentina from the May Revolution to the present and beyond
Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken Buenos Aires Cinema website
Museo Evita Buenos Aires History website, life of Evita Peron
Museo Histórico Sarmiento Buenos Aires History Life of President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento and the Generation of '80
Museo Juan Manuel Fangio Balcarce Automotive Motor racing cars, dedicated to Formula One driver Juan Manuel Fangio
Museo Mitre Buenos Aires History Argentine history and legacy of President Bartolomé Mitre
Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina Buenos Aires Aerospace History of aviation and the Argentine Air Force
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires) Buenos Aires Art Collection includes works from the Middle Ages up to the 20th century
Museo Pueyrredon Acassuso Multiple Life of Juan Martín de Pueyrredón and his family
Museum of Contemporary Art of Rosario Rosario Art Contemporary art
Museum of Foreign Debt Buenos Aires Economics History of the 1998–2002 Argentine great depression resulting from borrowing money from abroad
Museum of Memory Rosario History information, Argentina’s history during the military coups that took place between 1976 and 1983
Museum of Paleontology Egidio Feruglio Trelew Natural history Fossils of Patagonia, geology
Museum of Water and Health History Buenos Aires Technology Historic water works building with equipment
National Historical Museum (Argentina) Buenos Aires History History of Argentina, exhibiting objects relating to the May Revolution and the Argentine War of Independence
National Museum of Decorative Arts, Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Historic house Mansion house that includes furniture, painting, sculpture, East Asian decorative art
National Museum of the Cabildo Buenos Aires History Colonial era government building with paintings, tools, furniture and clothing related to the 1810 Revolution
National Naval Museum of Argentina Tigre Maritime website, Museo Naval de la Nación
Paz Palace Buenos Aires Military Weapons, cannons, uniforms, equipment, regalia, banners
Planetario Buenos Aires Science Planetarium with exhibits about space, fossils
Rocsen Museum Nono, Córdoba Multiple Over 18,000 pieces from different collections
Samay Huasi Chilecito Multiple Home of writer, teacher and politician Joaquín V. González, includes art gallery, collection of minerals, animals, plants and native artifacts
San Carlos Convent San Lorenzo History 18th century convent by the site of the Battle of San Lorenzo
San Martín National Institute Buenos Aires History Life and legacy of General José de San Martín
Stock Exchange Museum Rosario History information, website, origins of the regional grain market
Tigre Municipal Museum of Fine Art Tigre Art
Timoteo Navarro Museum of Art San Miguel de Tucumán Art
Provincial Museum of Fine Arts "Dr. Pedro E. Martínez" Paraná Art

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Onetto, María; Podestá, María Mercedes (2011). "Cueva de las Manos: An Outstanding Example of a Rock Art Site in South America" (PDF). Adoranten. Scandinavian Society for Prehistoric Art: 67–78.
  2. ^ Onetto, Maria (2014), "Cueva de las Manos, Río Pinturas Cave Art", in Smith, Claire (ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, New York, NY: Springer, p. 1845, doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_1624, ISBN 978-1-4419-0465-2, retrieved 2021-04-22
  3. ^ INAPL (2011). En tus manos... Cueva de las manos (in Spanish). Grupo de Apoyo.
  4. ^ "Proyecto". www.diputados.gob.ar. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  5. ^ "Cueva de las Manos: un viaje para reencontrarse con los antiguos pobladores patagónicos". Fondo Nacional de las Artes (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  6. ^ Gutiérrez De Angelis, Marina; Winckler, Greta; Bruno, Paula; Guarini, Carmen (2019). "Rethinking Paleolithic Visual Culture throughout immersive technology: The site "Cueva de las Manos" as a virtual "Denkraum" (Patagonia, Argentina)". View. Theories and Practices of Visual Culture (25). Widok. Foundation for Visual Culture. doi:10.36854/widok/2019.25.2081. hdl:11336/168949. ISSN 2300-200X. S2CID 229288678.
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