MUSEO ETNOGRÁFICO JUAN B. AMBROSETTI
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Museum divided into 3 sections: biological anthropology, archaeology and ethnography, located a stone's throw from Plaza de Mayo.
Just a stone's throw from the Plaza de Mayo, a visit to this museum will enable you to learn more about the archaeology of the country (particularly Patagonia and northwestern Argentina). Pre-Columbian ceramics and textiles are also on display. But the ethnographic collection is not limited to the country's borders: the indigenous peoples of North America are also evoked in detail, as are certain aspects of African, Oriental and Oceanic civilizations. In fact, the museum is divided into three sections: biological anthropology, archaeology and ethnography. Bones (over 10,000 pieces), textiles, sculptures, mummified bodies... In addition to the exhibition, lectures and guided tours are organized. Most of the objects originally came from the personal collection of naturalist and explorer Francisco "Perito" Moreno, who founded a first ethnographic museum in Buenos Aires before transferring it to La Plata. The museum you are visiting today was created in 1904 by the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy of the University of Buenos Aires. Juan B. Ambrosetti, the first director of this second ethnographic museum, developed not only ethnographic research but also annual expeditions across Argentina to expand knowledge of indigenous cultures. A highly instructive and fascinating visit that preserves a little of the value and diversity of these now extinct peoples.
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