Museo del Transporte Carlos Hillner Decoud, Transport museum in Quilmes, Argentina.
The Museo del Transporte Carlos Hillner Decoud is a transport museum in the Quilmes Oeste neighborhood of Argentina, holding a collection of carriages, boats, transport carts, and ship models. The building was constructed in an English architectural style, with carved wooden porticos that give it a distinctive look.
The property was acquired in 1927 and used as a private residence before it was turned into a public museum. The museum opened officially in 1963 and brought together objects from private collections across Europe and Argentina.
The museum's name comes from Carlos Hillner y Decoud, who bought the estate in 1927 and called it El Dorado after the Dorado family, wealthy Bolivian merchants who had owned it. He built the stables and coach houses that now hold the collection, and in 1957 he left the property to the Province of Buenos Aires on condition that the carriages be preserved and enriched.
The museum sits in Quilmes Oeste near the corner of Laprida and Ricardo Rojas streets, and it is worth checking current opening hours before your visit. The building is easy to spot from the street, so finding it on foot should not be difficult.
The property was locally known as 'El Dorado' long before it became a museum, a nickname that has stayed in the memory of the neighborhood. This name still appears in local stories about the area and gives the building a layer of identity beyond its role as a museum.
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