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The cultural life of Buenos Aires is very intense and the city has always
been at the vanguard in South America.
Music, theatre, plastic arts, ballet, museums, cultural centres, shops,
libraries, encounters and chats about the most varied disciplines, cinema,
photographs and of course the tango.
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Teatro Colón (Libertad 621; tel 54(11)4378-7100)
Teatro Coliseo (M.T.de Alvear 1125; tel 54(11)4816-5943
Teatro Avenida (Av.de Mayo 1222; tel 54(11)4381-0662)
Auditorio Belgrano (Federico Lacroze 1947; tel 54(11)4783-1783)
Teatro Ópera (Av.Corrientes 860; tel 54(11)4326-1335)
Teatro
Club del Vino (Cabrera 4737; tel 54(11)4833-0050)
Teatro del Globo (M.T.de Alvear 1155; tel 54(11)4816-3307)
Teatro
General San Martín (Av.Corrientes 1530; tel 54(11)4374-1251)
Teatro
Gran Rex (Av.Corrientes 857; tel 54(11)4393-6121)
Teatro
Jazz Club (Av.Corrientes 1660; tel 54(11)4370-5346)
Teatro
la Scala de San Telmo (Pasaje Giuffra 371; tel 54(11)4362-1187)
Teatro la Trastienda (Balcarce 460; tel 54(11)4342-7650)
Teatro
Margarita Xirgu (Chacabuco 875; tel 54(11)4300-2448)
Auditorio de la Facultad de Derecho (Av.Figueroa Alcorta y Pueyrredón)
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Auditorio A.P.S.S. (Sarmiento 223; tel 54(11)4383-0080)
Auditorio Asociación Bancaria (Sarmiento 341; tel 54(11)4328-5011)
Auditorio Asociación Italiana de Buenos Aires (Moldes 2157; tel
54(11)4781-0371)
Auditorio Chacabuco (Chacabuco 637; tel 54(11)4362-2846)
Auditorio de la Facultad (Av.Independencia 3065; tel 54(11)4932-6001)
Auditorio Hebraica (Sarmiento 2255; tel 54(11)4952-2170)
Auditorio Hugo del Carril (Av.Belgrano 665; tel 54(11)4334-1916)
Auditorio Santa María (Montevideo 842; tel 54(11)4813-7311)
Auditorio U.P.B. (Ciudad de la Paz 1972; tel 54911)4784-9871)
Teatro Abanico Cultural (Moreno 3281; tel 54(11)4806-4511)
Teatro Abecedario-Alejandro Casona (Piedras 722; tel 54(11)4823-0542)
Teatro Actors Studio (Tte.Gral.Juan Domingo Perón 2267; tel 54(11)4954-6610)
Teatro Actos (Urquiza 124; tel 54(11)4957-2471)
Teatro Ana Itelman (Guardia Vieja 3783; tel 54(11)4866-3655)
Teatro Andamio 90 (Paraná 660; tel 54(11)4374-1484)
Teatro Arlequino (Adolfo Alsina 1484; tel 54(11)4382-7775)
Teatro Armando Discepolo (Pichincha 53; tel 54(11)4952-6082)
Teatro Astral (Av.Corrientes 1639; tel 54(11)4374-5707)
Teatro Astros (Av.Corrientes 746; tel 54(11)4325-5541)
Teatro Ateneo (Paraguay 918; tel 54(11)4328-2888)
Teatro Ave Porco (Av.Corrientes 1980; tel 54911)4954-4790)
Teatro Babilonia (Guardia Vieja 3360; tel 54(11)4862-0685)
Teatro Blanca Podestá (Av.Corrientes 1283; tel 54(11)4382-2592)
Teatro Brodway (Av.Corrientes 1155; tel 54(11)4382-2345)
Teatro Bululú (Av.Rivadavia 1350; tel 54(11)4381-1656)
Teatro Callejón de los Deseos (Humahuaca 3700; tel 54(11)4827-1167)
Teatro Club de Arte (Av.Corrientes 4129; tel 54(11)4867-3132)
Teatro CEA (Defensa 1344)
Teatro Colonial (Av.Paseo Colón 413; tel 54(11)4342-7958)
Teatro Contemporáneo (Cochabamba 415; tel 54(11)4826-7729)
Teatro de la Comedia (Rodríguez Peña 1062; tel 54(11)4802-4228)
Teatro de la Fábula (Agüero 444; tel 54(11)4861-4531)
Teatro de la Ribera (P.de Mendoza 1821/35; tel 54(11)4302-8866)
Teatro de Piedras (Piedras 720; tel 54(11)4823-1454)
Teatro del Centro (Sarmieto 1249; tel 54(11)15-4062-7704)
Teatro del Otro Lado (Lambaré 866; tel 54(11)4862-5439)
Teatro del Pasillo (Colombres 35; tel 54(11)4981-5167)
Teatro del Pueblo (Av.Roque Sáenz Peña 943; tel 54(11)4326-3606)
Teatro del Sur (Venezuela 2255; tel 54(11)4941-1951)
Teatro el Cobertizo (San José 546; tel 54(11)4802-4153)
Teatro el Cuervo (Santiago del Estero 433; tel 54(11)4384-7320)
Teatro el Doble (Aráoz 727; tel 54(11)4855-2656)
Teatro el Excéntrico de la 18 (Lerma 420)
Teatro el Galpón de Catalinas (Pérez Galdós 93; tel 54(11)4300-5707)
Teatro el Galpón del Abasto (Humahuaca 3549; tel 54(11)4861-8764)
Teatro el Sótano de Gardone (Chile 802; tel 54(11)4861-8764)
Teatro el Teatrón (Av.Santa Fe 2450; tel 54(11)4342-7958)
Teatro el Victorial (Piedas 728; tel 54911)4823-0542)
Teatro el Vitral (Rodríguez Peña 344; tel 54(11)4371-0948)
Teatro Empire (Hipólito Yrigoyen 1934; tel 54(11)4953-8254)
Teatro Escuela Central (Estados Unidos 745; tel 54(11)4307-6996)
Teatro Estudio (Av.Congreso 2361; tel 54(11)4702-0724)
Teatro Fray Mocho (Ecuador 380; tel 54(11)4865-9835)
Teatro Gargantúa (Jorge Newbery 3563; tel 54(11)4555-5596)
Teatro General San Martín (Av.Corrientes 1530; tel 54(11)4374-1251)
Teatro Huella, Club de Arte (Medrano 5335; tel 54(11)4865-4167)
Teatro IFT (Boulogne sur Mer 535; tel 54(11)4865-4167)
Teatro la Almohada (Sánchez de Bustamante 728)
Teatro la Barraca (Tacuarí 1677; tel 54(11)4306-3488)
Teatro la Carbonera (Balcarce 998; tel 54(11)4362-2651)
Teatro la Comiquería (Adolfo Alsina 1482; tel 54(11)4382-7775)
Teatro la Galera (Humboldt 1592; tel 54(11)4771-9295)
Teatro la Otra Orilla (Tucumán 3527; tel 54(11)4862-7718)
Teatro la Plaza (Av.Corrientes 1660, tel 54(11)4371-7623)
Teatro la Ranchería (México 1152; tel 54(11)4383-7887)
Teatro Lasalle (Tte.Gral.Juan Domingo Perón 2283; tel 54(11)4952-0053)
Teatro Liberarte (Av.Corrientes 1555; tel 54(11)4335-2341)
Teatro Liceo (Rivadavia y Paraná; tel 54(11)4381-4291/6271)
Teatro Lola Membrives (Av.Corrientes 1280; tel 54(11)4381-0076)
Teatro Maipo (Esmeralda 443; tel 54(11)4322-4822)
Teatro Manzana de las Luces (Perú 294; tel 54(11)4342-4655)
Teatro Metropolitan (Av.Corrientes 1343; tel 54(11)4371-0816)
Teatro Nacional Cervantes (Libertad 815; tel 54(11)4816-4224)
Teatro Ópera (Av.Corrientes 860; tel 54(11)4326-1335)
Teatro Palermo (Paraguay 4229; tel 54(11)4831-6595)
Teatro Paternal (Nicolás Repetto 1556; tel 54(11)4584-8703)
Teatro Payró (San Martín 766; tel 54(11)4312-5922)
Teatro Picadilly (Av.Corrientes 1524; tel 54(11)4373-1900)
Teatro Piccolo (Av.Corrientes 1624; tel 54(11)4373-3465)
Teatro Pigalle (Pte.R.Ortíz 1835; tel 54(11)4806-8051)
Teatro Presidente Alvear (Av.Corrientes 1659; tel 54(11)4374-6076)
Teatro Regina (Av.Santa Fe 1235; tel 54(11)4812-5470)
Teatro Regio (Av.Córdoba 6056; tel 54(11)4777-9301)
Teatro Sala Carlos Carella (Bartolomé Mitre 970; tel 54(11)4342-9631)
Teatro Sarmiento (Sarmiento 2715; tel 54(11)4802-8507)
Teatro Tabarís (Av.Corrientes 831; tel 54(11)4384-8155)
Museums:
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Buque Museo Corbeta ARA Uruguay (Dique 1, Puerto Madero; tel 54(11)4314-1090)
Mo-Su from 10a.m. to 9 p.m..
Buque Museo Fragata ARA Presidente Sarmiento (Dique 3, Puerto Madero;
tel 54(11)4334-9386) Mo- Fri from 9 a.p. to 8 p.m. Sa - Su from 9am to
10 pm.
Museo Casa de Yrurtia (O'Higgins 2390; tel 54(11)4781-0385) Wen-Thu
from 3 pm to 6 pm
Museo Criollo de los Corrales (Av.de los Corrales 6476; tel 54(11)4687-1949)
Thu from 4pm to 6.30 pm and Su from 1pm to 7 pm.
Museo de Armas de la Nación (Av.Santa Fe 750; tel 54(11)4311-1071)
Tu - Fri from 2.30 pm to 7 pm Sa- Su from 2 pm to 6 pm.
Museo de Arte Español Enrique Larreta (Vuelta de Obligado 2155;
tel 54(11)4784-4040) Thu- Mo from 3 pm to 8 pm.
Museo de Arte Hispanoamericano Isaac Fernández Blanco (Suipacha
1422; tel 54(11)4327-0228) Mon - Su from 2 pm to 7 pm.
One of the most important collection of colonial hispanic art in America.
Colonial silver from Perú, the Andes, and from the Río de
la Plata, paintings from the Quito School and from the Jesuit's Missions,
sculpture, furniture from Brasil, decorative art of the republican period.
Museo de Arte Moderno (Av.San Juan 350; tel 54(11)4361-1121) Tus
- to Fri from 10 am to 8 pm Sa - Su from 11 am to 8 pm.
In an old tobacco deposit, the Museum of Modern Art shows a collection
of modern argentine artists together with contemporary artists from abroad.
Museo de Arte Oriental (Av.del Libertador 1902; tel 54(11)4801-5988)
Mo - Sa from 2 pm to 7 pm, and Sun from 3 pm to 7 pm.
Museo de Artes Plásticas Eduardo Sívori (Infanta Isabel 555; tel
54(11)4774-9452) tue - Sun from 12 to 6 p`m.
This museum is specialised on Argentine paintings, sculptures, prints,
drawings and tapestries from the XIX th and XX th century.
Museo de la Ciudad (Alsina 412; tel 54(11)4343-2123) Mo - Fri from
11 am to 7 pm, Su from 3 pm to 7 pm.
In a house built in 1894, in the old neighbourhood of Monserrat, this
museum tries to recapture the memory of Buenos Aires, its architecture
and objects represent life in Buenos Aires, its inhabitants and its habits.
Museo de Calcos y Esculturas Comparadas (Av.Tristán Rodríguez 1701;
tel 54(11)4361-5144) Tue - Fri from 9 am to 6 pm Sa - Su from 11.30 am
to 6 pm..
Museo de la Casa Rosada (Hipólito Yrigoyen 219; tel 54(11)4344-3600,
int 3072) Mo -Fri from 10 am to 6 pm, Sun from 2 pm to 6 pm.
Museo de Carlos Gardel (Av.Santa Fe 1243; tel 54(11)4813-5906)
Thu from 4 pm to 6.30 pm.
Museo de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia (Angel Gallardo
470; tel 54(11)4982-1154) Mo.- Su from 2 pm to 7 pm.
Museo del Cine Pablo C.Ducros Hicken (Defensa 1220; tel 54(11)4361-2462)
Mo to Fri from 10 am to 6 pm.
This museum was founded to show everything connected to the Argentine
cinema and its evolution from 1896 on. It has a collection of more than
600 films.
Museo de Motivos Argentinos José Hernández (Av.del Libertador 2373;
tel 54(11)4802-7294; http://www.naya.org.ar/mujose) Wen - Fri from 1 pm
to 7 pm.
Argentinre traditions and floklore are shown in this museum.
Museo
de Telecomunicaciones (Av. de los Italianos 851; tel 54(11)4968-3113)
Museo de Títeres (Piedras 905; tel 4802-4785) Tu, Wen and Sat from
3 pm to 6 pm.
Museo Histórico del Cabildo y de la Revolución de Mayo (Bolívar
65; tel 54(11)4334-1782) Tue - Fri from 12.30 to 7 pm sun from 3 pm to
7 pm.
Museo Histórico de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires Brigadier General Cornelio
de Saavedra (Crisólogo Larralde 6309; tel 54(11)4572-0746) Tue- Fri
from 9 am to 6 pm, Sun from 2 pm to 6 pm.
In an old farm built in 1870, one can see historical objects of the XIX
th and XX th century.
Museo Histórico Nacional (Defensa 1600; tel 54(11)4307-1182) Wen
- Sun from 12 to 6pm.
Museo Judío de Buenos Aires Dr.Salvador Kibrick (Libertad 769;
tel 54(11)4372-2474) Tue and Thu from 4pm to 6.30 pm.
Museo Líbero Badíi (11 de Septiembre 1990; tel 54(11)4784-8650)
Mo - Fri from 10 am to 6 pm.
Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo (Av.del Libertador 1902; tel
54(11)4801-8248) Mon - Sun from 2 pm to 7pm.
From paintings of the Spanish manierism, French impressionism, Rennaissance
and Baroque furniture, tapestry, porcelain and silverwork.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Av.del Libertador 1473; tel 54(11)4803-0802;
http://www.aamnba.com.ar) Tue - Fri from 12.30 to 7.30 pm, Sat - Sun from
9.30 am to 7.30 pm.
This is the most important art museum in Argentina and one of the most
important museums in America.
Museo Nacional del Grabado (Defensa 372; tel 54(11)4345-5300; http://www.artesur.com.ar)
Mo - Fri from 2 pm to 6 pm.
Museo Numismático del Banco Central Dr.Evaristo Uriburu (San Martín
216, 1°; tel 54(11)4348-3882) Mo - Fri from 10 am to 3 pm.
Museo Policial (San Martín 353; tel 54(11)4394-6857) Tue - Fri
from 1 pm to 6 pm..
Museo Xul Solar (Laprida 1212; tel 54(11)4824-3302; http://www.xulsolar.org.ar)
Mon -Fri from 2 pm to 8 pm.
Observatorio Astronómico (Av.Patricias Argentinas 550; tel 54(11)4863-3366)
Fri - Sat from 9 p`m to 10 pm.
Primer Museo Histórico Sudamericano Dr.Ernesto Che Guevara (Nicasio
Oroño 458; tel 54(11)4903-3285) Sat - Sun from 5 pm to 10 pm
Guided
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Biblioteca Nacional (Agüero 2502; tel 54(11)4806-1929) Mon - Fri at
6 pm.
Casa Natal de Jorge Luis Borges (Tucumán 844; tel 54(11)4322-1550)
Wend at 4.30 pm..
Congreso de la Nación - Cámara de Diputados (Av.Rivadavia 1864;
tel 54(11)4370-7100) From March 1st, Mon -Fri at 11, Mo, Tue and Fri at
5 pm.
Congreso de la Nación - Cámara de Senadores (Hipólito Yrigoyen
1849; tel 54(11)4959-3000) Mon, Tue and Fri at 11 in English, French and
Spanish, at 4 pm in English and 5 pm in spanish.
Manzana de las Luces (Perú 272; tel 54(11)4331-9534) Fri at 4.30
pm Sat - Sun at 3 pm.
Palacio San Martín (Cancillería) (Arenales 761; tel 54(11)4819-7000,
int 7985) Thu at 11 and 12, Fri 3,4,5,and 6 pm.
Teatro Colón (Toscanini 1180 - altura Viamonte 1100; tel 54(11)4378-7133)
Mo - Fri at 11am and 3 pm, Sat at 9 10 11 and 12.
Teatro General San Martín (Av.Corrientes 1530; tel 54(11)4374-1251)
Tue - Fri at 12 and 3 pm.
Torre Moumental (ex de los Ingleses) (Av.del Libertador y San Martín,
frente Estación Retiro) Sat - Su at 10, 11.30 a.m. 2.30 and 4 pm, in January
and February Sat - Sun 10 and 11.30 am.
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Feria de San Pedro Telmo (Humberto I° y Defensa) DO de 10 a 17 hs
270 stands with antiques and old things.
Feria de las Artes (Plazoleta de San Francisco, Alsina y Defensa)
Fri from 12 to 5 pm.
Painters, printers and sculpturs sell their work.
Plazoleta Santa Fe (Plaza Italia, Av.Santa Fe entre Thames y Darragueira)
Sat - Sun from 12 to 8.30 pm. Books, leather crafts, ceramics, wood, metal,
cloths and musical instruments.
Parque Lezama (Defensa y Brasil) Sat - Sun from 10 am to 9 pm.
Crafts in wood, ceramic, metal, leather and cloth.
Feria
de Mataderos (Lisandro de la Torre y Avenida de los Corrales; tel
54(11)4687-5602) Sun from 11 to 9 pm.
Traditional crafts, indian and native.
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Exhibitions, theatre, music, dance, lectures, art, all this may be
found in these cultural centres.
The most important ones:
Centro Cultural General San Martín (Sarmiento 1551; tel 54(11)4374-1251)
Mo - Fri from 4 to 10 pm.
Centro Cultural Recoleta (Junín 1930; tel 54(11)4803-1040; http://www.buenosaires.gov.ar)Tue
- Fri from 2 to 9 pm Sat - Sun from 10 am to 9 pm.
Centro Cultural Borges (Viamonte y San Martín, in the Galerías
Pacífico; tel 54(11)4319-5359)
