La Noche de Los Museos is a yearly Buenos Aires cultural extravaganza where it seems virtually every door in the city is swung open, inviting visitors to wander through to take in some art and culture. Every year, tens of thousands take to the streets to visit museums, galleries and even government and private historic […]
Jewish Landmarks, Entertainment & Food in Argentina
The Jewish population in Argentina has fluctuated since its peak in the mid 20th century but the community continues to have an endurable influence on the country’s culture, media and cuisine. Jewish life is particularly lively in Buenos Aires, where 8.2% of the population is Jewish. The star of David identifies Jewish-owned businesses in the […]
Buenos Aires Shoah Museum: The Holocaust’s Echo in Argentina
The Buenos Aires Shoah Museum, the only of its kind in Latin America, serves as a museum, memorial and moral reminder by telling the story of the Holocaust and its impact in Argentina and wider South America. The museum is supported through the Holocaust Memorial Foundation, and was declared a ‘Site of Cultural Interest’ by […]
La Plata: Places of Interest
The La Plata Museum is one of South America’s most important Natural History museums. Modeled after important European museums, construction began in 1884 and took four years to complete. Permanent exhibitions include rooms dedicated to anthropology, archeology, paleontology, zoology, evolution and even an Egyptian hall with hieroglyphs, ceramics and ancient coffins. Yet another hall is […]
The Munich Brewery/Humor Museum of Buenos Aires
Puerto Madero’s Humor Museum (MUHU) celebrates everything to do with Argentine humor with exhibitions featuring graphic and political art, comic strips and animation, shown in their small cinema. The permanent collection spans almost two centuries of Argentine humor beginning with a 1834 lithograph series by César Hipólito Bacle, ‘Costumes and Customs of Buenos Ayres,’ satirizing […]
