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September’s museum of the month and also my first South American museum visit was at the The Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires, also known as MALBA. The main collection is divided into seven thematic clusters that showcase work from the early 1900s to the 1970s. The works chosen for the collection were picked based on international importance and connection to the region’s history. Although many of the artists were originally from Latin America, they lived most of their lives elsewhere. On the other hand many of the artists were from elsewhere, but lived and produced their art in Latin America. 

I visited the museum with an expat group that scheduled a guided tour. At the beginning of the Spanish speaking tour I was fully confident. I have been wanting to have more opportunities to practice my Spanish so I was really pleased that I was able to understand the guide. Going forward I thought the slightly louder and slower pace of speech from tour guides would be my answer to improving Spanish.

About ten minutes later I was getting more and more lost. For the sake of my Spanish I tried to stick with the tour for awhile, but in the end I wandered off on my own. Along with the focus required to understand the tour, I really don’t enjoy art enough to stare at each piece for ten minutes and hear the background information on it.

There were some neat pieces of art though. The highlight was seeing some classic works by artists such as Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.

After getting our fill of art another American from the group and I may or may not have left the tour early to go to the nearby Cafe Tabac to have an amazing chocolate cake!

Visiting Information

Where

MALBA: Av. Pres. Figueroa Alcorta 3415, C1425 CLA, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Cafe Tabac: AAV, Av. del Libertador 2300, C1425 CABA

How to get there

I walked from the far side of Palermo Hollywood. It was a nice one hour walk. Several bus lines also run close to the area. I use google maps when figuring out bus routes. Here is a great article that helped me learn the transportation system of the city. 

Review

Even though art museums aren’t my favorite type of museum, I thought it was worth the visit. When I visited the 2nd floor was closed so it only took about an hour to have a leisurely visit.

FYI

Tickets are 50% off on Wednesdays.

Toilets & Food

Toilets are available on the first floor before you need to show a ticket. There is a cafe before the ticket point as well. I can’t speak to the food at the museum, but I know museum food can be pricey so we went to Caffe Tabac.

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• Buenos Aires: Fútbol – how to get tickets to a Boca Juniors game
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• Salta Day Trips: Salinas Grandes and la Quebrada de Humahuaca, Rafting & Zip-lining, Cachi

Check out my Museum of the Month page to see all my museum reviews!

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