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Museums in Montevideo Department

Montevideo's Cultural Gems

Montevideo’s museums span colonial history, modern art, and poignant social narratives. Highlights include the National Museum of Visual Arts in Parque Rodó and the Ciudad Vieja’s specialized collections like the Torres García Museum and the Museum of Pre-Columbian and Indigenous Art (MAPI). Visitors can explore the 1972 Andes flight disaster at the Andes Museum, the city's vibrant Carnival history, and the opulent Palacio Taranco, which houses the Museum of Decorative Arts.

Montevideo's Cultural Gems — Map
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Plaza Zabala

Plaza Zabala is a plaza in the Ciudad Vieja of Montevideo, Uruguay. In late 1878, during the dictatorship of Colonel Lorenzo Latorre, it was…
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National Museum of Visual Arts

National Museum of Visual Arts a museum in Parque Rodó, Montevideo, Uruguay. It was inaugurated on December 10, 1911.
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Cabildo

The Montevideo Cabildo is the public building in Montevideo that was used as the government house during the colonial times of the…
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Torres García Museum

The Museo Torres García is located in the historic Ciudad Vieja of Montevideo where unusual portraits of historical icons and cubist…
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Andes Museum 1972

The Andes Museum 1972 is located in The Old City in Montevideo, the capital city of Uruguay.
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Museum of Decorative Arts

Palacio Taranco, located in front of the Plaza Zabala, in the heart of the Old City of Montevideo, Uruguay, is a palace erected in the…
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Museum of Pre-Columbian and Indigenous Art

The museum seated in nice building presents the artworks of pre-Columbian and native people. There are also temporary exhibitions.
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Carnival Museum

The Carnival Museum is located on 25 de Mayo Street in the "Ciudad Vieja" in Montevideo, Uruguay
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Galería de las Misiones

Art gallery in Ciudad Vieja specializing in Latin American masters and the School of the South, featuring works by Joaquín Torres García and his disciples.
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Museo Casa de Juan Zorrilla de San Martín

The former 1904 summer residence of national poet Juan Zorrilla de San Martín in Punta Carretas. It preserves original furniture, personal artifacts, and sculptures within its historic architecture and gardens.
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Cultural Centre and Memorial Museum

This museum also serves as information centre. It tells the history of dictatorship and military in Uruguay and cares about human rights.
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Museum of Weapons

A museum located in a beautiful colonial building from red bricks presents a collection of artefacts from Spanish colonisation.
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Museo de la Memoria

Museo de la Memoria is a museum in Montevideo, Uruguay dedicated to the memory of those or died or were "disappeared" during the Uruguayan…
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National Museum of Anthropology

This museum collects artefacts from various subject areas - natural science, anthropology, ethnography and archaeology.
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