Railway Museum
Railway Museum is a museum in Comuna 1, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires which is located on Avenida Del Libertador. Railway Museum is situated nearby to the museum Museo de Arte Hispanoamericano Isaac Fernández Blanco, as well as near Torre Prourban.Photo: JonySniuk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: Monday—Friday 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
- Email: museoferroviario@adifse.com.ar
- Type: Museum
- Description: railway museum in Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Also known as: “Museo Nacional Ferroviario”, “Museo Nacional Ferroviario “Raúl Scalabrini Ortiz””, and “Raúl Scalabrini Ortiz National Railway Museum”
- Address: 405 Avenida Del Libertador, C1104AJN
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museo de Arte Hispanoamericano Isaac Fernández Blanco and Retiro Mitre railway station.
Museo de Arte Hispanoamericano Isaac Fernández Blanco
Museum
Photo: Elsapucai, Public domain.
The Museo de Arte Hispanoamericano Isaac Fernández Blanco is a museum of art located in the Retiro ward of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Museo de Arte Hispanoamericano Isaac Fernández Blanco is situated 160 metres southwest of Railway Museum.
Retiro Mitre railway station
Railway station
Photo: Falk2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Retiro-Mitre, or simply Retiro, is one of the six large mainline railway station termini in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Located in the neighborhood of Retiro, it serves as terminal station for the Mitre Line that runs local trains to the northern suburbs of the Buenos Aires metropolitan area. Retiro Mitre railway station is situated 400 metres east of Railway Museum.
Torre Monumental
Photo: Eugenio Hansen, OFS, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Torre Monumental, formerly known as Torre de los Ingleses, is a clock tower located in the barrio of Retiro in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is situated in the Plaza Fuerza Aérea Argentina by Avenida San Martín and Avenida del Libertador.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Retiro and Villa 31.
Retiro
Suburb
Photo: Carlos Ravazzani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The center of Buenos Aires has most of the city's attractions, including performances in the Tribunales theater district, the dense downtown area with government buildings, the San Telmo tango scene, and the biggest train station and the general bus station that offers connections to the surrounding provinces and neighboring countries.
Villa 31
Quarter
Villa 31, sometimes called Barrio Padre Mugica or Barrio 31, is a large villa miseria in the Retiro area of Buenos Aires, near the local railway station.
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.
Railway Museum
- Categories: railway museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Comuna 1, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Pampas, Argentina, South America
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Latitude
-34.58982° or 34° 35′ 23″ southLongitude
-58.37876° or 58° 22′ 44″ westInception
1969Operator
DNMOpen location code
48Q3CJ6C+3FOpenStreetMap ID
node 247464344OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q17623075
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Railway Museum” goes by many names.
- French: “Musée national du chemin de fer Raúl Scalabrini Ortiz”
- German: “Eisenbahnmuseum Buenos Aires”
- Spanish: “Museo Nacional Ferroviario Raul Scalabrini Ortiz”
- Spanish: “Museo Nacional Ferroviario Raúl Scalabrini Ortiz”
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