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List Of Museums In Montevideo
This is a list of any museum and art gallery in Montevideo, Uruguay. Biographical, City, Ethnographic, and History museums, and Historic Houses *Archivo de la Ciudad *Museo del Arma de Ingenieros “Aduana de Oribe” * Museo y Archivo Histórico Municipal - Cabildo * Casa de Gobierno “Palacio Estevez” *Museo Histórico Nacional **Casa del Gral. Fructuoso Rivera **Casa del Gral. Juan Antonio Lavalleja **Casa de Antonio Montero (see Museo Romántico) **Casa de Juan Francisco Giró **Casa de José Garibaldi **Casa de Manuel Ximénez y Gómez ** Casa Quinta del Dr. Luis Alberto de Herrera **Casa Quinta de José Batlle y Ordoñez **Casa de Juan Zorrilla de San Martín (see Museo Juan Zorrilla de San Martín) * Museo de Artes Decorativas (Palacio Taranco) * *Museo Juan Zorrilla de San Martín (House museum and art gallery) *Museo Romántico (Casa de Antonio Montero) *Museo del Descubrimiento-Apostadero Naval Español * Centro Cultural y Museo de la Memoria *Recordatorio del Holoca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montevideo
Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . Montevideo is situated on the southern coast of the country, on the northeastern bank of the Río de la Plata. The city was established in 1724 by a Spanish soldier, Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst the Spanish people, Spanish-Portuguese people, Portuguese dispute over the La Plata Basin, platine region. It was also under brief British invasions of the Río de la Plata, British rule in 1807, but eventually the city was retaken by Spanish criollos who defeated the British invasions of the River Plate. Montevideo is the seat of the administrative headquarters of Mercosur and ALADI, Latin America's leading trade blocs, a position that entailed comparisons to the role of Brussels in Europe. The 2019 Mercer's report on qual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Manuel Blanes Museum
Juan Manuel Blanes Municipal Museum of the Arts ( es, Museo de Bellas Artes Juan Manuel Blanes) is a museum in Prado, Montevideo, Uruguay. Location and history The Juan Manuel Blanes Municipal Museum of the Arts is located at Avenida Millan 4015, in the neighbourhood of Prado, Montevideo, in a Palladian villa designated a National Heritage Site in 1975. The villa was originally designed in 1870 by Juan Alberto Capurro, an engineer trained at the Turin Polytechnic, for the then-owner Dr. Juan Battista Raffo. The surrounding garden reveals elements of French landscape design. The municipality acquired the villa in 1929, when it commissioned the architect Eugenio Baroffio to renovate and expand the building. Baroffio maintained the eclecticism of the original design, leaving the facade intact. The museum was founded in 1930, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the first Constitution of Uruguay, and named after the patriotic Uruguayan artist, Juan Manuel Blanes. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Bank Of Uruguay
The Central Bank of Uruguay ( es, Banco Central del Uruguay, BCU) is the central bank of the Uruguay. History The Central Bank of Uruguay was established on July 6, 1967 as an autonomous state entity ( es, Ente Autónomo), with the passing of the 196th article of the República Oriental del Uruguay's Constitution. Prior to the creation of the BCU, the issuing of currency and managing and supervising of the banking system was handled by the department of the Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay. On March 30, 1995 a bank charter was passed (Law 16696), which expanded the BCUs responsibilities and set out the management structure as well as the functions and responsibilities of the bank. Numismatic museum The building of the Central Bank in Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo houses the Numismatic museum, which is open to the public from 10:00 to 16:00 Monday to Friday and has free entrance. Responsibilities According to the 7th article of the BCUs Charter, its responsibilities are; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio Centenario
Estadio Centenario is a stadium in the Parque Batlle of Montevideo, Uruguay, used primarily for football. The stadium was built between 1929 and 1930 to host the inaugural 1930 FIFA World Cup, as well as to commemorate the centenary of Uruguay's first constitution. It is listed by FIFA as one of the football world's classic stadiums. On July 18, 1983, it was declared by FIFA as the first Historical Monument of World Football, to this day the only building to achieve this recognition worldwide.The mythical Centenario stadium, a "Historical Monument of Football", welcomes the finals of the U-20 Sudamericano Tournament , January 25, 2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Museum Of Natural History, Uruguay
The National Museum of Natural History ( es, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, links=no or ) in Montevideo is a natural history museum in Uruguay. The museum's first permanent exhibition is located at Miguelete 1825—the former Miguelete Prison—and the scientific collections, library and administrative offices are at Calle 25 de Mayo 582 in the Old City. History In September 1837 the Government of Uruguay established a commission to create a library and a national museum. Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga was appointed president of the commission, but the commission itself requested that take over. The commission undertook an expedition that December to excavate a glyptodon fossil from the banks of the Pedernal river in Canelones Department, the results of which were published in 1838. The museum itself first opened on 18 July 1838 in what is now the Plaza Zabala. In 1840, the poet Francisco Acuña de Figueroa was appointed director and for some years interest in the development o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museo Naval De Montevideo
The Naval Museum of Uruguay ( es, Museo Naval de Uruguay) is located in the Rambla de Gaulle s/n, Pocitos neighbourhood, Montevideo, Uruguay. It hosts a number of historical cannons, as well as models, photographs and memorabilia of the Uruguayan Navy. It also has a library and an archive. It is located between Playa de los Pocitos and Puerto del Buceo Puerto, a Spanish word meaning ''seaport'', may refer to: Places * El Puerto de Santa María, Andalusia, Spain *Puerto, a seaport town in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines * Puerto Colombia, Colombia * Puerto Cumarebo, Venezuela * Puerto Galera, O .... References Maritime museums Museums in Montevideo Pocitos, Montevideo Military and war museums in Uruguay {{Uruguay-mil-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilamajó House Museum
The Vilamajó House Museum (Spanish: Museo Casa Vilamajó) is located in the house that the architect Julio Vilamajó built for his family in 1930 in Montevideo, being the first modern dwelling to open its doors as a museum house in Uruguay. The Vilamajó House Museum is the materialization of an initiative of the School of Architecture at the University of the Republic which, in agreement with the Ministry of Education and Culture, owner of the property, opened its doors to the public in May 2012. The museum has been envisaged as a research and promotion center addressing the life and work of Vilamajó and of architecture and design as disciplines open to the society. The house The house that Vilamajó built for his family in 1930 in Montevideo is the first modern dwelling to open its doors as a museum in Uruguay. It is one of a growing series of initiatives which have arisen around the globe and have intensified in the last decade, including international examples such as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnival Museum
The Carnival Museum is located at 25 De Mayo Street in the "Ciudad Vieja" (Old City) in Montevideo, Uruguay. It was built in November 2006. The museum has galleries on Candombe, Carnival, Uruguayan Carnival and Murga. Photo gallery File:Traje de murga correspondiente al carnaval 1995.jpg, 1995 Murga Outfit File:Museo del Carnaval Uruguay.jpg, The gallery at Carnival Museum in Montevideo Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ..., Uruguay See also * Uruguayan Carnival * Candombe * Murga References External links *Museo del Carnaval Official Site [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museo Torres García
The Museo Torres García is located in the historic Ciudad Vieja (Old Town) of Montevideo where unusual portraits of historical icons and cubist paintings akin to Picasso's paintings, painted by Joaquín Torres García are exhibited. The museum was established by Manolita Piña Torres, the widow of Torres Garcia after his death in 1949 who also set up the García Torres Foundation, a private non-profit organization which organizes the paintings, drawings, original writings, archives, objects and furniture designed by the painter as well as the photographs, magazines and publications related to him. The museum attracts over 85,000 visitors a year, not only for its exhibits but also because it functions as a temporary library (on the ground floor) and as a theatre (in the basement) and attracts a significant number of art students, school children, and tourists with guided tours and educational workshops. The museum has seven floors, with the first three floors used as exhibition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Museum Of Visual Arts (Uruguay)
National Museum of Visual Arts (Uruguay) ( es, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales) a museum in Parque Rodó, Montevideo, Uruguay. It was inaugurated on December 10, 1911. This museum has the largest collection of Uruguayan artworks. Among them are works by Olga Piria, Rafael Barradas, Joaquín Torres García, José Cúneo, Carlos Federico Sáez, Pedro Figari, Juan Manuel Blanes and artist Pablo Serrano who lived in Montevideo for twenty years. The museum also hosts temporary shows, in many cases foreign artists' itinerant exhibitions. Exhibitions * 1, ground floor. surface: 152 m2 * 2, ground floor. Area: 1015 m2 * 3, first floor. Surface: 110 m2 * 4, first floor. Surface: 634 m2 * 5, room, upstairs. Surface: 570 m2 * ''Conference Room'', ground floor, with a capacity of 174 seats. Primarily designed for video conferences. * ''Library,'' upstairs. Monday to Friday from 11 to 17 hours, focused on art, with more than 8,000 volumes. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an area of approximately and has a population of an estimated 3.4 million, of whom around 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. The area that became Uruguay was first inhabited by groups of hunter–gatherers 13,000 years ago. The predominant tribe at the moment of the arrival of Europeans was the Charrúa people, when the Portuguese first established Colónia do Sacramento in 1680; Uruguay was colonized by Europeans late relative to neighboring countries. The Spanish founded Montevideo as a military stronghold in the early 18th century bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centro De Fotografía De Montevideo
The Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo, Uruguay, (CdF) is a photography center dedicated to the conservation, documentation, generation, investigation, and dissemination of photographic images of interest to Uruguayans and Latin Americans. It is part of the Information and Communication Division of the City of Montevideo. Archive The CdF maintains an archive composed of photographs dating from the 1860s to the present day. Most of the photographs were collected by the Municipal Festival Commission and the Office of Public Relations and Information of the city of Montevideo and document the city's physical evolution and social life. The archive consists of some 120,000 historic and 30,000 more recent photographs, but it is expanding constantly with donations from private individuals and the contributions of CdF photographers documenting contemporary life in Montevideo. Exhibitions The Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo manages four galleries in its CdF Bazar headquarters, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
