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Museo Evita


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #22 of 187 attractions in Buenos Aires
Traveler Description:
In this grand mansion, many fascinating items pay homage to Evita Peron, revered champion of the downtrodden Argentines. This museum was opened in...... more » In this grand mansion, many fascinating items pay homage to Evita Peron, revered champion of the downtrodden Argentines. This museum was opened in 2002 upon Evita’s death. « less
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Attraction type: Specialty museum
Address: Lafinur 2988 Buenos Aires 1425
Argentina
Tel: 54 11 48070306
Fax: 54 11 48079433

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4 of 5 stars
JLHC 11 contributions
London
May 26, 2009

Mainly presented in spanish as previous reviewers have mentioned. The exhibition takes a chronological view of Eva Peron's 33 years illustrated with objects and videos of her charitable work. Zero political interpretation, however, and the details of her death are not clearly explained particularly to non spanish speakers. Beware "La Josefina" restaurant opposite the museum where we asked for the... more

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4 of 5 stars
nsapiro 13 contributions
Buenos Aires
May 22, 2009

If you enjoy learning about Evita then this is a great museum. Quick and easy to navigate through and has some wonderful pieces of history. Highly suggested for your history fan, not so suggested for the average tourist, unless you have atleast 2 weeks in BA, and you are bored. more

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5 of 5 stars
berenjenas 7 contributions
geneva
Nov 20, 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

Finally after a few visits to Buenos Aires, I visited the museum and I have to say I learned a lot more than anticipated. I personally liked it all, however, the last exhibit, Evita's death is treated rather lightly. It assumes the visitor already knows what happened to Evita, and to her body after her death. Which, I had no... more

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4 of 5 stars
travelingmike 87 contributions
Hillsboro, Oregon
Nov 15, 2008
2/2 found this review helpful

Overview: This museum is dedicated to the life of Eva Peron. It is pro Evita, even though there are those in Argentina who did and still hate her. You will not find anything negative about her here, but you will find out a lot about her life and the things she did. You will come away with a MUCH better... more

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3 of 5 stars
VivaRiva 3 contributions
California
Apr 26, 2008

We spent a week in Buenos Aires in March 2008. One of the must see tourist destination is the Recoleta Cemetery. Everybody visits the Eva Peron (Duarte) burial crypt and remembers the play Evita. However most people don't know why she was famous. This museum is a homage to her life. It's a public relations piece, there's no downside or... more

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Museo Evita Address

Lafinur 2988, Buenos Aires 1425, Argentina
Tel: 54 11 48070306 Fax: 54 11 48079433