Museum sights in Atlantic Coast
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Museo del Puerto
On the outskirts of town – in a former customs building that’s hardly noticeable among the massive grain elevators and fortress-like power plant of Puerto Ingeniero White – the Museo del Puerto is an iconoclastic tribute to immigrants and their heritage, and includes an archive with documents, photographs and recorded oral histories. The best time to visit is for a weekend afternoon tea, when local groups prepare regional delicacies, each week representing a different immigrant group. Live music often accompanies the refreshments. Bus 500 from the Plaza Rivadavia goes to the museum.
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Centro Cultural Usina Vieja
Set in an old power plant dating from 1901, the Centro Cultural Usina Vieja is an eclectic museum with a funky collection of ancient radios, typewriters, sewing machines and record players. Farm equipment, sculptures, an old-time grocery store and even a small airplane are also on display, as are rotating exhibits of local artists’ work and some of Florencio Molina Campos’ amusing caricatures of gaucho life.
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Museo de La Plata
Popular with school groups, this notable museum has paleontological, zoological, archaeological and anthropological collections of famous Patagonian explorer Francisco P Moreno. Countless display rooms offer something for everyone: Egyptian tomb relics, Jesuit art, amusing taxidermy, amazing skeletons, mummies, ancient pottery, scary insects and reconstructed dinosaurs. There’s also a cafe. Arrange English tours in advance.
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Museo Y Taller Draghi
The small Museo y Taller Draghi highlights an exceptional collection of silver facones (gaucho knives), beautiful horse gear and intricate mate (tea) paraphernalia. It’s mainly the workshop of Juan José Draghi and family, however, so guided tours are given.
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Museo Municipal de Arte Juan Carlos Castagnino
Built in 1909 as the summer residence of a prominent Argentine family, the Villa Ortiz Basualdo is now the Museo Municipal de Arte Juan Carlos Castagnino. Resembling a Loire Valley castle, its Belgian interior exhibits paintings, photographs and sculptures by Argentine artists.
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Museo Archivo Histórico Municipal Roberto T Barili
In the Villa Emilio Mitre (1930), a former summer residence of the Argentine oligarchy, the Museo Archivo Histórico Municipal Roberto T Barili houses a superb collection of late-19th-century photographs, along with other exhibits recalling Mar del Plata’s colorful past.
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Pasaje Dardo Rocha
In front of Plaza San Martín, is the ornate Palacio de la Legislatura (Plaza San Martin), in German Renaissance style. Nearby, catch the French Classic Pasaje Dardo Rocha, once La Plata's main railroad station and now the city's major cultural center, containing four museums.
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Centro Cultural Villa Victoria
Victoria Ocampo, founder of the literary journal Sur, hosted literary salons with prominent intellectuals from around the world at this, her summer chalet. It’s now a cultural center that features changing art and cultural exhibitions.
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Museo del Mar
Housing the most extensive seashell collection you’re ever likely to see, the Museo del Mar exhibits more than 30,000 shells, representing 6000 species from around the world. The museum also contains a small tide pool, an aquarium and a cafe.
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Museo Histórico
In the Teatro Municipal building, the Museo Histórico has displays including indigenous artifacts and collections that represent important episodes in the life of the region, such as its founding as a military base and the arrival of the railways.
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Museo y Archivo Dardo Rocha
The Museo y Archivo Dardo Rocha was the vacation house of the city’s creator and contains period furniture and many of his personal knickknacks.
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