National Railroad Museum

Av. del Libertador 405
Tel. 4318-3343
Open Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Does not close on holidays

This Museum originated in an exhibition that took place in Retiro station of the Mitre Railway line in 1968. It was first set up in an office belonging to this railway line, then in Galerías Pacífico, and finally in a beautifully refurbished old cargo shed. The Institute of Historical Research, with a 4,000 volume library, carried out its work simultaneously. There are many interesting exhibits, such as the original scale model of Once station; the iron railings of Parque station of the Western Railway Line (site from where "La Porteña" engine set off, and which is presently occupied by the Colón Theatre); the scale model of a Belgrano railway carriage; silver ware from the dining-room coaches, and dishes from the presidential carriage a bedspread from the sleeping car used by Pope John Paul II in 1982; and the coach in which the Italian President Giovanni Gronchi traveled in 1961, which also carried President Guido's committee in 1963, and President Illia in 1965.
Also on exhibition are telephones, telegraphs, clocks, comets, bells, employee uniforms, teletypes, forges, pieces of furniture and other items from the passenger carriages (the decorated washbasins are particularly noteworthy), in addition to kitchenware.