Museum Ship - Frigate A. R. A. "President Sarmiento"

Dock 3 of Puerto Madero
(Av. Alicia Moreau de Justo and Macacha Güemes)
Tel. 4334-9389 Open every day from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Does not close on holidays

This gallant training ship made 37 trips around the world. It has properly been said that the "President Sarmiento" Frigate - thus named in honour of the founder of the Naval School - is a gallant and noble vessel that has endured and conquered every tempest and overcome every passion.
It was launched in an English shipyard on August 31, 1897, its steel hull lined in wood and copper plates. The vessel arrived in 1898 and made its first training voyage between January 12, 1899, and September 30, 1900. Its last voyage was made between April 18 and December 7 of 1938.
The exhibits on show inside the vessel include mementoes of its participation in historical events, such as its presence at the coronation ceremony of Edward VII of England and Alphonse XIII of Spain; or when it entertained Czar Nicholas II of Russia on board, as well as the German Kaiser, President Taft of the United States, Amelia, Queen of Portugal, and the leaders of different countries.
It was also present at the celebrations organised when the Panama Canal was opened, and was assigned an important mission during the ceremonies that took place when the statue of San Martín was inaugurated in Boulogne Sur Mer, France, and that of Belgrano in Genoa, Italy.