Colonial patios
An old house.
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The Museo Mitre is a colonial house of 1785 in central Buenos Aires, one of the oldest still standing in the city, home to General Bartolomé Mitre, president of Argentina from 1862 to 1868 and founder of the newspaper La Nación, and his family from 1859 until his death in 1906. The house was given to him after his presidency, opened as a museum in 1907 and became a National Historic Monument in 1942. It keeps its patios, rooms and furniture as they were, displaying Mitre's belongings and personal objects, documents from the country's history and temporary exhibitions. Its library, the Biblioteca Americana, holds some sixty thousand books, pamphlets and documents, and its facade once appeared on the back of the old two-peso note. Entry is free; it opens Wednesday to Sunday from noon to 5:45 pm, with guided tours in Spanish.
An old house.
Sixty thousand items.
Furniture and objects.
San Martín 336, city centre
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