Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Museo de la Deuda Externa
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Topics on display at Museo Casa de Ricardo Rojas
Intimate Museums
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Fundación Forner-Bigatti
(see p32)
heroes, literary figures,
and more.
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Map G6 • Calle del Valle
Iberlucea 1261 • 4301-1497 • Open
11:30am-8pm Mon-Fri, 11:30am-7pm Sat
& Sun • Adm • www.museo decera.
com.ar
This stark white house offers
a glimpse into the lives of
porteño avant-garde artists
Raquel Forner and Alfredo
Bigatti. Inside, there are
sculptures, photos, and
paintings in former work-
shops as well as the central
garden.
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Map F3 • Calle
Bethlem 443 • 4362-9171 • Call for
timings • www.forner-bigatti.com.ar
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Museo de la Policia
Federal de Argentina
This quirky (some might say
creepy) museum begins with
a room of eerie mannequins
wearing police uniforms.
Other exhibits detail
activities such as drug use
and gambling. The forensics
room is not for the
faint-hearted; graphic
photographs and
descriptions of murders
accompany the recreation
of an exhumed,
dismembered body.
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Map F1
• San Martín 353 (Upper two floors)
• 4394-6857 • Open 2-6pm Mon-Fri
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Museo Fortabat
The Museo Fortabat
breaks up Puerto Madero
Este's tiresome business-
park chic with a building
as distinctive as its
collection of over 1,000
pieces of Argentinian
art.
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Map R6 • Dique 4
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Museo Casa de
Sculpture at Fundación
Forner-Bigatti
Ricardo Rojas
The former home of Argentina's
distinguished literature professor
appears largely how Rojas left it
upon his death in 1957. Its Neo-
Colonial design is informed by
Rojas' studies of indigenous and
Jesuit-mission construction in
Peru.
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Map M4 • Calle Charcas 2837
• 4824-4039 • Open 10am-6:30pm
Mon-Fri, 10am-12:30pm Sat • Adm
• www.cultura.gov.ar
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Museo Histórico de Cera
The passion project of an
Argentinian fine arts professor,
this wax museum exudes a
shabby charm. It features soccer
icons, the Revolución de Mayo
Wax figures at Museo Histórico de Cera
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