The City Museum, Buenos Aires

This Museum was established in 1968 to compile and present the history and culture of Buenos Aires through an eclectic collection of artifacts and exhibits. It also holds several city fairs that have become major tourist attractions.

The City Museum of Buenos Aires, created in 1968, moved to its present venue at Alsina Street in 1973. In addition to its main building, exhibits are placed in the House of Cherubs and the Elloriaga Heights in Defensa Street and the Maria Josefa Ascura House and the Estrella Pharmacy also on Alsina Street. The Azcurra and Elloriaga Houses are restored homes that were built in Buenos Aires in the twelfth century.

The main Alsina Street building of the City Museum hosts temporary exhibitions and exhibits change every two months. Permanent collections are displayed in the House of Cherubs. Exhibits include toys, former editions of the oldest Spanish language magazine for children in the world that was published in Buenos Aires called the Billiken magazine, an art nouveau bedroom, a room dedicated to sound systems from the phonograph to the radio and an early dining room. The Estrella pharmacy has the early furniture and decorations common in the early drugstores in the city. The Museum organizes art fairs, book fairs, metal and clothing fairs and the popular San Pedro Telmo Fair at Plaza Dorrego.