Sarmiento House, House museum in Tigre, Argentina.

Sarmiento House is a small wooden house with a pitched tiled roof, a front gable and a shallow porch with a white railing, set on a raised concrete base at the edge of the water. Since 1996 it has been enclosed in a large rectangular cage of glass panels on a white framework with diagonal cross-bracing, which protects it from the weather.

Federico Álvarez de Toledo Bedoya built the house in 1855 and later gave it to Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, who made it his retreat. The residence became a center for his educational work and intellectual life.

Sarmiento named the island "Prócida", after the islet off Naples, and built a bridge there that he called "Rialto", after the one in Venice. The house is now a museum and library holding items from his years in exile and his presidency.

The house stands on an island on the Río Sarmiento and is reached by boat from Tigre; the glass enclosure added in 1996 protects it from weather and river flooding. Check boat departure times before setting out, since the island has no road access.

Sarmiento introduced pecan trees from the United States to the Delta region, establishing agricultural practices that still shape local farming today. This agricultural legacy remains visible in the surrounding landscape.