Roca Museum - Historical Research Institute
Roca Museum - Historical Research Institute is a museum in Comuna 2, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires which is located on Vicente López. Roca Museum - Historical Research Institute is situated nearby to the museum Museo de Ciencia y Técnica, as well as near the park Plazoleta Reino de Tailandia.Photo: Nicolasrnphoto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Also known as: “Roca Museum”
- Address: 2220 Vicente López, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, C1128ACJ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include La Recoleta Cemetery and National Museum of Fine Arts.
La Recoleta Cemetery
Photo: Sking, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Recoleta Cemetery is a cemetery located in the Recoleta neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It contains the graves of notable people, including Eva Perón, presidents of Argentina, Nobel Prize winners, the founder of the Argentine Navy, and military commanders such as Julio Argentino Roca. La Recoleta Cemetery is situated 190 metres east of Roca Museum - Historical Research Institute.
National Museum of Fine Arts
Museum
Photo: Beatrice Murch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The National Museum of Fine Arts is an Argentine art museum in Buenos Aires, located in the Recoleta section of the city. The Museum inaugurated a branch in Neuquén in 2004. National Museum of Fine Arts is situated 480 metres northeast of Roca Museum - Historical Research Institute.
Museo de Ciencia y Técnica
Museum
Photo: Sking, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Museo de Ciencia y Técnica is a museum, which is situated 120 metres southwest of Roca Museum - Historical Research Institute.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Island and Recoleta.
The Island
Neighborhood
The Island is an exclusive sector in the neighbourhood of Recoleta in Buenos Aires, where prominent and wealthy families of the Argentine Upper Class have their homes.
Recoleta
Suburb
Photo: WiDi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Recoleta is a barrio or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the northern part of the city, by the Río de la Plata. The area is perhaps best known to be the home of the distinguished Recoleta Cemetery.
Barrio Norte
Quarter
Barrio Norte is the informal name given to a part of Buenos Aires centering on Santa Fe Avenue and the district of Recoleta.
Roca Museum - Historical Research Institute
- Categories: history museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Comuna 2, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Pampas, Argentina, South America
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Latitude
-34.58766° or 34° 35′ 16″ southLongitude
-58.39554° or 58° 23′ 44″ westInception
1962Operator
Dirección Nacional de MuseosOpen location code
48Q3CJ63+WQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1295503813OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q53845031
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In Other Languages
“Roca Museum - Historical Research Institute” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Museo Roca - Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas”
- Spanish: “Museo Roca”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Plazoleta Reino de Tailandia and Las Heras.
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