On Saturday, October 29, the Museum of the BCRA will join the 2016 edition of the Night of Museums. Free admission.
The Museum of the BCRA is located at San Martín 216, Buenos Aires, and will be open to the public from 8 pm to 3 am.
Special Activities:
- Guided tours until closing time.
- Animal print face painting for kids.
- Live artist show. José María Muñoz's live painting of the jaguar.
- Visitors will be able to strike their own jaguar medals.
- The BCRA's choir, composed of 20 members of its staff, will perform a concert under the direction of Gabriel Forastieri at 10.30 pm.
500 Jaguars Exhibition. Here the ARS500 banknote comes to the fore seeking to raise awareness about biodiversity conservation as a true social value which is worth environmental protection.
Permanent Collection. It is composed of such instruments as facilitated barter during the pre-Columbian era, silver and gold coins from the Hispanic-Rioplatense colony, first national coins, provincial coining of the 19th century, monetary issues of the Caja de Conversión (1890-1935), and the BCRA's issues since 1935 up to the present.
About the Museum | The “Dr. José Evaristo Uriburu (H)” Numismatic and Historical Museum is aimed at collecting, exhibiting and preserving Argentina's and Latin America's coins series that circulated in the country as from the mid-16th century; national, provincial and private banknotes; as well as technical devices used to produce monetary instruments in different periods, and an archive of historic documents. Click here to learn more.
