Museums in Buenos Aires

South America's largest cultural center, housed inside the spectacularly restored 1928 Central Post Office—a Beaux-Arts palace covering an entire city block.

Argentina's most important fine arts museum occupies a recycled 1870s waterworks building in Recoleta, holding over 12,000 works—entirely free of charge.

MALBA (Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires) is Argentina's premier contemporary art museum, housing the Costantini Collection of over 400 works spanning Latin American art from the early 20th century to the present.

Argentina's national history museum occupies an Italianate mansion in Parque Lezama, San Telmo, with collections from pre-Columbian artifacts through independence to the 20th century.

Dedicated to Argentina's most iconic political figure, this museum chronicles Eva Peron's life through personal artifacts, photographs, and multimedia installations in a restored 1920s mansion.

Housed in the former Hotel de Inmigrantes—Argentina's Ellis Island—this museum tells the story of millions of European immigrants who arrived between 1880 and 1950.

The Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires (MAMBA) is the city's leading space for cutting-edge contemporary Argentine art, housed in a converted tobacco warehouse in San Telmo.