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Buenos AiresTop 10 40 Left Museo de la Deuda Externa Right Books on display at Museo Casa de Ricardo Rojas Intimate Museums ! Fundación Forner-Bigatti 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 workshops as well as the central garden. d Map F3 • Calle Bethlem 443 • 4362-9171 • Call for timings • www.forner-bigatti.com.ar Museo Fortabat @ Opened in 2008 following a drama-filled gestation, the Museo Fortabat breaks up Puerto Madero Este’s tiresome businesspark chic with a building as distinctive as its collection of over 1,000 pieces of Argentinian art. d Map R6 • Dique 4 £ Museo Casa de 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. d Map M4 • Calle Charcas 2837 • 4824-4039 • Open 10am–6:30pm Mon–Fri, 10am–12:30pm Sat • Adm • www.cultura.gov.ar $ Museo Histórico de Cera The passion project of an Argentinian fine arts professor, this wax museum exudes a Sculpture at Fundación Forner-Bigatti shabby charm. It features soccer icons, the Revolución de Mayo (see p32) heroes, literary figures, and more. d Map G6 • Calle del Valle Iberlucea 1261 • 4301-1497 • Open 10am–6pm daily • Adm • www.museo decera.com.ar % Museo de la Inmigracion Originally the entry and processing point for thousands of immigrants to Argentina between the late 19th and mid-20th centuries, this museum housed in a former hotel features old suitcases, photographs, and medical implements. d Map R4 • Avda. Antártida Argentina 1355 • 4317-0285 • Open 10am–5pm Mon–Fri, 11am–6pm Sat–Sun • Call for English tour • www.mininterior. gov.ar/migraciones/museo/index.html Wax figures at Museo Histórico de Cera

Museo de Artes Plásticas ^ Eduardo Sivori This museum contains a thourough and eclectic array of Argentinian painting and sculpture ranging from the 19th century to the present day. The adjacent sculpture garden is a quiet, contemplative spot. d Map L1 • Avda. Infanta Isabel 555 • 4774-9452 • Open noon–8pm Mon–Fri, 10am–8pm Sat–Sun; Jun–Aug 10am–6pm • Adm; free on Wed • www.museosivori.org.ar El Zanjón & Rediscovered during a 1980s demolition project, the evocatively lit series of subterranean water tunnels and foundations below El Zanjón mansion have added yet another layer of charm to San Telmo. Check ahead for special events held in the tunnels (see p75). * Museo del Cine This 40-year-old institution goes beyond the obvious vintage domestic film-poster exhibitions, putting on in-depth, engaging shows. An earlier show explored early 20th-century Argentinian comic actors’ transition from theater to film. The museum also works in tandem the city’s other institutions to present a range of film series. With the building undergoing repair, the museum has temporarily relocated. d Map E6 • Temporary location: Feijóo 555 • 4303-2882 • Call for timings • www.museo delcine.gov.ar ( Museo de la Deuda Externa Tucked in the basement of the city university’s Economics building, this sober yet absolutely vital mini-museum tracks Argentina’s rollercoaster 20th-century economy through 2001’s loan default (see p33) Beautifully lit El Zanjón with sensational montages and blowups of catastrophic headlines. d Map N5 • Centro Cultural Ernesto Sábato, Calle Uriburu 763 • 4370- 6105 • Open noon–8pm Mon–Fri • Adm • www.uba.ar/extension/cultura/16.php ) Museo Fragata Sarmiento Named in honor of President D.F. Sarmiento, who founded Argentina’s naval school, this 1898 clipper moored at Dock 3 now welcomes visitors aboard her decks. d Map G2 • Dique 3, Puerto Madero • 4334–9386 • Open 10am–7pm daily • Adm �������� �� ���� �� ����� ������ �� ��������� ������ ��� ������� ���������� ���� ���� � � ����� �������� �������������� � ���� ��� ���������������������� ������������� ����� ������������������� ����������������������������� �������� �� � � � � � � �� � � � � � � � � � � ������������� �������������������� ������������ ������� ���������������������� ������� ������������ ������ ��������� �������������� �������� ������������� ������������ ��������������� �������������������� ���� ����� ��� �� � ������ �������� ���������� �������������� ������� ���������� ����������� ������������������� �������������� ����������� �� ������������������� ��������������� ������������ � ����� � �� � ����������������� ������ ���� ������� ������� Buenos AiresTop 10 41

Museo de Artes Plásticas<br />

^ Eduardo Sivori<br />

This museum contains a<br />

thourough and eclectic array of<br />

Argentinian painting and<br />

sculpture ranging from the 19th<br />

century to the present day. The<br />

adjacent sculpture garden is a<br />

quiet, contemplative spot. d Map<br />

L1 • Avda. Infanta Isabel 555 • 4774-9452<br />

• Open noon–8pm Mon–Fri, <strong>10</strong>am–8pm<br />

Sat–Sun; Jun–Aug <strong>10</strong>am–6pm • Adm; free<br />

on Wed • www.museosivori.org.ar<br />

El Zanjón & Rediscovered during a 1980s<br />

demolition project, the evocatively<br />

lit series of subterranean<br />

water tunnels and foundations<br />

below El Zanjón mansion have<br />

added yet another layer of charm<br />

to San Telmo. Check ahead for<br />

special events held in the<br />

tunnels (see p75).<br />

* Museo del Cine<br />

This 40-year-old institution<br />

goes beyond the obvious vintage<br />

domestic film-poster exhibitions,<br />

putting on in-depth, engaging<br />

shows. An earlier show explored<br />

early 20th-century Argentinian<br />

comic actors’ transition from<br />

theater to film. The museum also<br />

works in tandem the city’s other<br />

institutions to present a range<br />

of film series. With the building<br />

undergoing repair, the museum<br />

has temporarily relocated.<br />

d Map E6 • Temporary location: Feijóo<br />

555 • 4303-2882 • Call for timings<br />

• www.museo delcine.gov.ar<br />

( Museo de la<br />

Deuda Externa<br />

Tucked in the basement of the<br />

city university’s Economics<br />

building, this sober yet<br />

absolutely vital mini-museum<br />

tracks Argentina’s rollercoaster<br />

20th-century economy through<br />

2001’s loan default (see p33)<br />

Beautifully lit El Zanjón<br />

with sensational montages and<br />

blowups of catastrophic headlines.<br />

d Map N5 • Centro Cultural<br />

Ernesto Sábato, Calle Uriburu 763 • 4370-<br />

6<strong>10</strong>5 • Open noon–8pm Mon–Fri • Adm •<br />

www.uba.ar/extension/cultura/16.php<br />

) Museo Fragata Sarmiento<br />

Named in honor of President<br />

D.F. Sarmiento, who founded<br />

Argentina’s naval school, this<br />

1898 clipper moored at Dock 3<br />

now welcomes visitors aboard<br />

her decks. d Map G2 • Dique 3,<br />

Puerto Madero • 4334–9386 • Open<br />

<strong>10</strong>am–7pm daily • Adm<br />

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