This hands-on science museum designed with children in mind has interactive displays with plenty of levers to pull and buttons to press. A great place for kids to release their pent-up energy and produce electricity by cycling on a fixed bike to power a light bulb, for example.
Museo Participativo de Ciencias
Recoleta & Barrio Norte
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1.65 MILES
One of Buenos Aires' most beautiful monuments, this 22-story building has a unique design inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy. Its structure is divided into…
1.14 MILES
Occupying an entire city block, this impressive seven-story theater is one of BA’s most prominent landmarks. It’s the city’s main performing arts venue,…
1.78 MILES
It was former president Néstor Kirchner who, in 2005, first proposed turning the abandoned former central post office into a cultural center. He died in…
1.96 MILES
The Casa Rosada was named for its distinctive color. It was from the balcony here, at the presidential palace, that Eva Perón famously addressed the…
1.73 MILES
This sweeping park abounds with small lakes and pretty gazebos. Stands rent bikes and in-line skates, and joggers and power walkers circle the ponds – if…
1.89 MILES
Surrounded by the Casa Rosada, the Cabildo and the city’s main cathedral, Plaza de Mayo is the place where Argentines gather in vehement protest or…
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This cemetery is perhaps BA's top attraction. You can wander for hours in this incredible city of the dead, where the ‘streets’ are lined with impressive…
Museo Benito Quinquela MartÃn
4.02 MILES
Once the home and studio of painter Benito Quinquela MartÃn (1890–1977), this fine-arts museum exhibits his works and those of other Argentine artists…
Nearby Recoleta & Barrio Norte attractions
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Part of the original Franciscan convent and alongside its namesake church and cemetery, this excellent cultural center houses a variety of facilities,…
2. BasÃlica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar
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The centerpiece of this gleaming white colonial church, built by Franciscans in 1732, is a Peruvian altar adorned with silver from Argentina’s northwest…
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This cemetery is perhaps BA's top attraction. You can wander for hours in this incredible city of the dead, where the ‘streets’ are lined with impressive…
0.15 MILES
Housed in an unusual circular building that was once an ice-skating rink and a tango hall (happily not at once, however), the spacious Palais de Glace now…
5. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
0.17 MILES
This is Argentina’s most important fine arts museum, containing many key works by Benito Quinquela MartÃn, Xul Solar, Eduardo SÃvori and other Argentine…
0.28 MILES
This neo-Gothic building (1912), designed by Uruguayan architect Arturo Prins, is an architectural landmark.
0.34 MILES
This gargantuan flower sculpture, located in the center of Plaza Naciones Unidas, is the inspired creation of architect Eduardo Catalano, who designed and…
0.36 MILES
Argentina's national library dates back to 1810 and was founded in the wake of the May revolution by the country's first government, for whom access to…