The grand facade
Columns and towers.
Dario Alpern — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ricardo Freitas — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dario Alpern — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dario Alpern — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dario Alpern — CC BY-SA 3.0
The Tigre Art Museum fills one of the finest buildings in the Buenos Aires suburbs: a grand palace on the bank of the Luján river, begun in 1910 for the Tigre Club, an elegant social club. Its facade is dressed with columns, arcades, two corner towers and garlands of laurel and flowers. Inside, grand rooms with decorated ceilings, chandeliers and marble stairs now show a collection of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Argentine art. Its windows and balconies look over the water and the boats. The museum usually pairs with a Tigre delta trip. It opens Wednesday to Sunday, with a small fee for non-residents of Tigre and free entry for children under 12 and retirees.
Columns and towers.
Chandeliers and ceilings.
Two centuries of painting.
Paseo Victorica 972, Tigre, on the Luján river
Wed-Fri 13:00-18:00 and Sat-Sun 12:00-18:00; closed Monday and Tuesday.
