Gardel's voice
In every room.
Roberto Fiadone — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Carlos Zito — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Carlos Zito — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Solana Malacco — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Laura Valerga — CC BY-SA 3.0
The Carlos Gardel House Museum is a modest house in the Abasto district that tango's most famous singer bought in 1927 to live in with his mother. Gardel was also a composer and film actor, and his voice is still a symbol of tango. After many changes of fortune the house was declared a National Historic Monument, then given to the city and restored as a museum. Its rooms around an inner patio show Gardel's belongings, documents and photographs, records and film posters, with objects telling the story of tango and Buenos Aires in his day, while his recordings play through the house during the visit. The old Abasto market building is close by. It closes on Tuesdays, with guided tours at set times on most days.
In every room.
A 1920s home.
Records and photos.
Jean Jaurès 735, Abasto
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