Open to visitors again after extensive renovations in 2007, the Pink House museum displays portraits, hats, mate gourds, cigar boxes, military decorations and carriages that...

Created as a labour of love in 1968 by José María Peña, a leading authority on architecture in Buenos Aires, the objective of the museum is to conserve and investigate the...

A topical museum sounds like a contradiction in terms; but the Museum of Foreign Debt, run by the (itself permanently debt-stricken) University of Buenos Aires, harks back not...

For the real pasión you should visit the Bombonera on a match day; but for everything else Boca, this modern museum hits the back of the net. There are loads of audio-visual...

A centre for active minds where through play kids can develop skills to impress and outdo grown-ups. A good choice for children who are particularly creative and social.

Opened in 2003, this is a modern, interactive shrine to the oval ball. It's stacked with jerseys of famous players, narrative displays and memorabilia. Rugger buggers will love...

Fashionistas who've spent the morning twisting and twirling in front of three-way mirrors can take a quick post-lunch break - and appreciate some of BA's design history - at...

This museum's small but fascinating collection includes head-dresses, masks and cooking implements, as well as panels describing Argentina's indigenous tribes region by region....

Opened in 2001, this museum is housed in an aristocratic residence that Perón expropriated to convert into a women's shelter for his wife's welfare agency. It's worth a visit...

In addition to 18th- and 19th-century furniture, silverware and arms, the museum records daily life, and highlights the fashions used in the old city.

This Spanish colonial-style mansion was home to, and is named after, one of the heroes of Argentinian independence who lived here up until his death in 1850. It was here that...

This useful - if rather bland - introduction to the city's history includes exhibits from the pre-Columbian, conquest, and post-independence periods, plus countless photographs...

The Cabildo was HQ of the city council between 1580 and 1821, and where the seeds of Argentina's revolution were sown. Seemingly the oldest building on the plaza, it recovered...

Domingo Sarmiento was Argentinian president from 1868 to 1874. He was also a writer; his work, Facundo, was a treatise - somewhat reminiscent of Matthew Arnold's Culture and...