Native Corral Museum

Avenida de los Corrales 6436
Tel. 4571-6143
Open Thursdays from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., and
Sundays from 1 p.m. to 7p.m.
Holidays: December 15 to March 1

The museum is located in the heart of the neighborhood of Mataderos, in the building complex belonging to the National Cattle Market, that was declared a National Historic Site in 1979.
The museum was inaugurated on July 9, 1964, and was imbued with patriotic fervor from its beginnings. "La Corralera", an authentic ox drawn cart, that was blessed by Cardinal Copello in 1946, and was used to transport an image of the Virgin of Luján, can be seen together with a typical Buenos Aires farm scene, made with miniature pieces, carved by Mr. Antonio Spíritu.
Also on exhibition are stirrups, bits, shearing scissors, knives, leather saddle leg protectors, saddles, saddle pads, ovenbird and oriole nests, oxen pikes, a bellows for horse shoeing, bolas, wide belts, halters, lassos, cowbells, whips, fancy buckles, cattle brands, lanterns, oxcart bells, horse leather boots, drinking horns, mates (gourds), indian bows and arrows, and stuffed animals. A saddled horse displays all the details of the saddle it set as well as the reins, saddlecloth, small cushions, saddle pads, etc. Two paintings by Emilio Prudencio Bustos, a painter from Mataderos, evoke the "malambo" and "gato" (native dances), and a fresco by Andrés Bestard depicts the "Comechingón" indians. There are also caricatures by Molino Campos, and other farm scenes. On April 2, 1997, one of the mural paintings depicting the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)War was inaugurated.
In the "Patio Criollo" or Yard of Local Farm Scenes, there is a "pulpería" (general store and drinking establishment), a bread oven, a well, and an area devoted to "Pato", the country's national sport played on horseback. In the area devoted to "Buenos Aires in the Past", there are old phonographs and cash registers, and a photograph of Justo Suárez, a famous boxer known as the "Little bull from Mataderos".