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<strong>Buenos</strong> <strong>Aires</strong>’ <strong>Top</strong> <strong>10</strong><br />
40<br />
Left Museo de la Deuda Externa Right Books on display at Museo Casa de Ricardo Rojas<br />
Intimate Museums<br />
! Fundación Forner-Bigatti<br />
This stark white house offers<br />
a glimpse into the lives of<br />
porteño avant-garde artists<br />
Raquel Forner and Alfredo<br />
Bigatti. Inside, there are<br />
sculptures, photos, and<br />
paintings in former workshops<br />
as well as the central<br />
garden. d Map F3 • Calle<br />
Bethlem 443 • 4362-9171 • Call for<br />
timings • www.forner-bigatti.com.ar<br />
Museo Fortabat @ Opened in 2008<br />
following a drama-filled<br />
gestation, the Museo<br />
Fortabat breaks up<br />
Puerto Madero Este’s<br />
tiresome businesspark<br />
chic with a building<br />
as distinctive as its<br />
collection of over 1,000 pieces of<br />
Argentinian art. d Map R6 • Dique 4<br />
£ Museo Casa de<br />
Ricardo Rojas<br />
The former home of Argentina’s<br />
distinguished literature professor<br />
appears largely how Rojas left it<br />
upon his death in 1957. Its Neo-<br />
Colonial design is informed by<br />
Rojas’ studies of indigenous and<br />
Jesuit-mission construction in<br />
Peru. d Map M4 • Calle Charcas 2837<br />
• 4824-4039 • Open <strong>10</strong>am–6:30pm<br />
Mon–Fri, <strong>10</strong>am–12:30pm Sat • Adm<br />
• www.cultura.gov.ar<br />
$ Museo Histórico de Cera<br />
The passion project of an<br />
Argentinian fine arts professor,<br />
this wax museum exudes a<br />
Sculpture at Fundación<br />
Forner-Bigatti<br />
shabby charm. It features soccer<br />
icons, the Revolución de Mayo<br />
(see p32) heroes, literary figures,<br />
and more. d Map G6 • Calle del Valle<br />
Iberlucea 1261 • 4301-1497 • Open<br />
<strong>10</strong>am–6pm daily • Adm<br />
• www.museo decera.com.ar<br />
% Museo de la<br />
Inmigracion<br />
Originally the entry and<br />
processing point for<br />
thousands of immigrants to<br />
Argentina between the late<br />
19th and mid-20th centuries,<br />
this museum housed in a<br />
former hotel features old<br />
suitcases, photographs,<br />
and medical<br />
implements. d Map R4<br />
• Avda. Antártida Argentina<br />
1355 • 4317-0285 • Open<br />
<strong>10</strong>am–5pm Mon–Fri, 11am–6pm Sat–Sun<br />
• Call for English tour • www.mininterior.<br />
gov.ar/migraciones/museo/index.html<br />
Wax figures at Museo Histórico de Cera
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