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Carlos Gardel House, Buenos Aires. Photo by Claudia Fogg, © Whatsonwhen

Carlos Gardel House

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Argentina's adored tango crooner, Carlos Gardel (1890-1935), owned and lived in this modest house in Abasto with his mother from 1927-1933. Trace Gardel's life alongside the surge of tango…

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Evita Museum, Buenos Aires. Photo by Claudia Fogg, © Whatsonwhen

Evita Museum

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Housed in an opulent town house that was converted into a women's shelter by former President Perón's wife, Eva, the Evita Museum details her life and social work before her early death. See…

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Inside MALBA, Buenos Aires. Photo by Claudia Fogg, © Whatsonwhen

MALBA

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A magnificent collection of Latin American art from the early-20th century to the present day is housed at MALBA (Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires). The bright and airy rooms also…

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José Hernández Museum of Popular Art, Buenos Aires. Photo by Nancy Kulfas, www.trendypalermoviejo.blogspot.com, www.atipicaobjetos.com.ar

José Hernández Museum of Popular Art

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The José Hernández Museum of Popular Art is devoted to traditional Argentinian arts and crafts of the criolla culture and indigenous Argentinian communities. It houses artefacts made from…

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Caminito, Buenos Aires. Photo by Sarah-Jane Walsh, © Whatsonwhen

Caminito

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See work by local artists, hear tango music, watch dancing displays and browse handicraft stalls on the weekends in La Boca's colourful street museum, Caminito. The colour is owed to Italian…

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Isaac Fernández Blanco Museum of Hispanic-American Art, Buenos Aires. Photo by Claudia Fogg, © Whatsonwhen

Isaac Fernández Blanco Museum of Hispanic-American Art

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The striking neo-colonial Palacio Noel houses the Isaac Fernández Blanco Museum of Hispanic-American Art. Explore silverware, furniture, religious artefacts, engravings, ceramics and books…

National Library, Buenos Aires. Courtesy of www.bibnal.edu.ar

Argentinian National Library

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The Argentinian National Library in Palermo, Buenos Aires, is the spiritual home of Jorge Luis Borges, philosopher, writer, scholar and a key figure of South America's literati. A good mix of…

Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken

Tue, Wed, Thu, and Fri only

The oldest of its type in Latin America, Buenos Aires' Museum of Cinema Pablo Ducrós Hicken in San Telmo has a fascinating collection documenting Argentina's rich cinematic heritage.