Historical and Numismatic Museum of the Banco de la Nación Argentina

Bartolomé Mitre 326 - 1st Floor
Tel. 4347-6277
Open Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Does not close on holidays

This museum was created on October 26, 1966, in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Bank. It was installed on the first floor of the monumental building conceived by Alejandro Bustillo in Greco-Roman style. The Bank was founded by Carlos Pellegrini in 1891. Due to the crisis of 1890, it was originally established on the plot of land that had belonged to Garay, and was later to be the location of the Colón Theatre. It was built by Engineer Carlos Enrique Pellegrini, Carlos' father. The museum was basically devoted to the collection, preservation and exhibition of relics and objects related to the institution, as well as records of argentine economic history.
Documents, shares, checks and bank notes of the Banco de Buenos Aires and the Banco Nacional de las Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata, are neatly displayed together with safe boxes, various machines and objects, and a complete numismatic collection. The specialized library houses more than 200 volumes, and the historical archive includes over 3,000 objects such as gold ounces; coins from the colonial period minted in Potosí in 1575; a collection of argentine Pesos (1813), one of the most significant collections existing at present; pieces from the federal period; 50 million Peso bonds issued by the Conversion Fund, and a replica of "The Athletes" Fountain by the sculptor, José Zorrilla de San Martín, donated by the Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Banco de la Nación Argentina.