National Museum of Man

3 de Febrero 1370
Tel. 4784-3371
Open Mondays through Fridays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Does not close on holidays

This Museum was created in 1974, when it organized exhibitions and activities while is still did not possess permanent premises. In 1981, it was set up in its present building in the neighborhood of Belgrano, seat of the National Institute of Anthropology and Latin American Thought, coming under the authority of the National Department of Anthropology and Folklore of the National Cultural Secretariat The inaugural exhibition focused on the Mapuche culture in Argentina. Four exhibition rooms offer a setting for continued and renewed displays that are also taken to the provinces and abroad. Art, aboriginal groups and archaeology are exhibited from an anthropological point of view. Excellent photographs complete the panorama. Traditional Argentine craftwork is shown in three clearly defined groups: the aboriginal code (mapuche, mbya, chiriguanochané, toba, pilagá, mataco, chorote, chulupo or cocoví); crafts from the regions of the North West, Cuyo, Santiago del Estero, Córdoba, La Pampa and Patagonia; and the third group represented by non-aboriginal crafts. Woven fabrics are also important. Tools and woven fabrics are exhibited Masks are also of great interest, since they are a cultural expression of virtually universal validity, from prehistory to present times.