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.
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