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This is a list of museums in Buenos Aires, which is home to hundreds of cultural institutions and historic sites, many of which are internationally known; also included are cultural centers with galleries. According to a survey organized by the city's Tourism Board in 2017, Buenos Aires had 160 museums, which made it the city with the largest number in all of South America, doubling the numbers of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Bogotá.

List by neighborhood

Belgrano

Name	Image	Address	Type	Summary
Larreta Museum (Museo Larreta)		Agustín R. Caffarena 51	Spanish art

La Boca

Name	Image	Address	Type	Summary
Pablo Ducrós Hicken Museum of Cinema (Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken)		Agustín R. Caffarena 51	Cinema	Established in 1971, it is dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of Argentine cinema, and contains a screening room, a large library and film archive.

Palermo

Name	Image	Address	Type	Summary
Sívori Museum (Museo Sívorí)		Avenida Infanta Isabel 555	Art
Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires (Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires; MALBA)		Avenida Figueroa Alcorta 3415	Latin American art	Founded in 2001 by Eduardo Constantini to house his notable collection of Latin American modern art, its architecture, museographic approach and insertion in the international art circuit have made it one of the city's main cultural institutions.
José Hernández Museum (Museo José Hernández)		Avenida del Libertador 2373	Art

Puerto Madero

Name	Image	Address	Type	Summary
ARA Presidente Sarmiento		Avenida Alicia Moreau de Justo 900	Museum ship	A historic frigate that began operation in 1898 and remained in use as a training ship for the Argentine Navy until 1961, when it became a museum.
Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat Art Collection (Colección de Arte Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat)		Olga Cossettini 141	Art	Inaugurated in 2008, it is one of the largest private museums in Argentina and houses the internationally-relevant collection of its founder Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat. Its notable building was designed by Rafael Viñoly.

Recoleta

Name	Image	Address	Type	Summary
National Museum of Fine Arts (Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes; MNBA)		Avenida del Libertador 1473	Art	Inaugurated in 1896 and located in its present location since 1933, it is one of the most important museums in the country and houses a collection of more than 13 thousand pieces from different artistic periods, both from Argentina and abroad, which makes it one of the most relevant cultural institutions of the continent.
National Museum of Decorative Arts (Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo)		Avenida del Libertador 1902	Decorative arts and design	Located since 1937 in the famous Errazúriz Palace, a former private mansion, and houses a large collection that includes sculptures, paintings, tapestries, weapons, books, ceramics, furniture and miniatures, mainly European and Asian, from the 16th to the 20th centuries.

Retiro

Name	Image	Address	Type	Summary
Fernández Blanco Museum (Museo Fernández Blanco)		Suipacha 1422	Spanish Colonial art	Located in the Noel Palace, a notable exponent of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in the city built by architect Martín Noel as his residence in the early 1920 and later sold to the city in 1936. Its heritage includes Spanish colonial art as well as applied arts from the 19th and 20th centuries.

San Telmo

Name	Image	Address	Type	Summary
Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art (Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires)		Avenida San Juan 350	Modern and contemporary art	Administered by the city government, the museum was founded in 1956 by Rafael Squirru (who was also its first director) and quickly established itself as a leading institution in the country. It operated since 1960 on two floors of the San Martín Theater, until it moved to its current location in 1989.