Museo de Bellas Artes, Art museum in La Plata, Argentina
Museo de Bellas Artes is an art museum in La Plata housing paintings and sculptures displayed across multiple exhibition halls. The collection features works by Argentine and international artists representing various styles and periods.
The museum was created by decree on 18 February 1922, building on the 49 paintings donated by collector Juan Benito Sosa in 1877 and four works from the provincial government. It first occupied the building of the Buenos Aires newspaper at Avenida 51 no. 777, then moved to the Pasaje Dardo Rocha in 1930. Emilio Pettoruti, director from 1930 to 1947, shifted acquisitions from regionalist works to Argentine art.
The museum displays works by Argentine artists alongside international names spanning different periods. Visitors can see how local artistic movements developed in conversation with global artistic trends.
The museum occupies the former Cine Güemes at Avenida 51 no. 525, between streets 12 and 13, not the Pasaje Dardo Rocha it used until 1959. Inside are exhibition rooms, a conservation workshop, a newspaper archive and a library of over 3000 volumes. The permanent collection room created in 2012 is the place to start.
The museum occupies the former Cine Güemes at Avenida 51 no. 525, expropriated by provincial law 6141 of 29 April 1959 to house the collection. Its reading room holds over 3,000 volumes, and the museum keeps a slide library and a conservation workshop for paintings.
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