08 October, 2007

The night of Museums in Buenos Aires

Last Saturday, it was "The night of Museums", an event that took place between 7pm and 2am. A lot people were in the streets and at the museums. I visited only three out of 102 places to see
Look at this page http://www.lanochedelosmuseos.com.ar/ to find out when the next ''night'' is

Museo de la Emigración Gallega en la Argentina - MEGA
Chacabuco 955 San Telmo neighbourhood
I could watch two documental movies about diaspora of Galician people all over the world and emigration to Argentina.

Museo argentino del títere (puppets)
http://www.museoargdeltitere.com.ar
Piedras 905 / Phone 4304-4376 San Telmo neighbourhood
Qué me contursi, Pascual?! (un aguafuerte de tango). A tango show, dance and pupets for adults. Texts from the writer Roberto Arlt . Alive music from Gardel / Razzano works.

Museo Nacional de la historia del traje (History of costume)
http://www.funmuseodeltraje.com.ar/
Chile 832 / Phone 4343-8427
It is worth visiting the museum. It is in a 1800 house in San Telmo neighbourhood.
Exhibitions about civil and urban costumes.
The changes in the costumes in previous years to World War I; the 30 decade: the changes in the women costumes during World War II. 100 years of costumes for children from 1860 to 1960.
And traditional urban costumes from Asia, Europe and Argentina from centuries XVII-XX

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