Art Museums in South America

ARGENTINA

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA), Buenos Aires – It’s most important Art collection in Argentina, with a good collection of European paintings (Van Gogh: “Moulin de la Gallette”)

MALBA, Fundación Constantini, Buenos Aires – One of the most important collections of contemporary Latin-American art in the world

BRAZIL

Sao Paulo Museum of Art, Sao Paulo – The greatest Art collection in South America, this Museum exhibits works by Raphael, Rembrandt, Van Gogh and Picasso, among others

Museu de Arte Contemporanea da Universidade, Sao Paulo – One of the most important collections of contemporary art in South America, including works by Picasso or Léger

Museo Nacional de Belas Artes, Río de Janeiro – Founded in 1808, houses a great collection of 19th and 20th century paintings, including Boudin and Picasso

CHILE

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago de Chile – Claims to be the oldest Art Museum in South America, and exhibits a good group of 19th and 20th century paintings

Museum of Precolumbian Art, Santiago de Chile – Exhibits a good collection fo works of art, from Mesoamerica to the South Andes

COLOMBIA

Museo del Oro (Gold Museum), Bogotá – Houses an impressive collection of Pre-Columbian gold artifacts, claimed to be the richest in the world

Museo Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá – Founded in 1823, the Museum exhibits an important collection of Pre-Columbian antiquities, and a small group of modern works

ECUADOR

Museo del Banco Central, Quito – Exhibits a large collection of Pre-Columbian artifacts, including mummies, potteries, sculptures and gold figures

PERU

Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e Historia, Lima – Houses an impressive collection of Pre-Columbian artifacts, including more than 60,000 ceramics

URUGUAY

Museo de Arte Precolombino e Indígena, Montevideo – Exhibits more than 700 works of Art from the Ancient South America, including a 18th century canoe

VENEZUELA

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Caracas – It was founded in 1974, and exhibits more than 3,000 works of art. In recent years it has gone through various difficulties that have raised fears for its future.