Museo Histórico de Cera

Recovering the memory of Buenos Aires, finds in the history of neighborhoods its most useful and expressive instrument, when it does the anecdotal or nostalgic and is linked instead with the destiny of the whole Argentina.

La Boca is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city of Buenos Aires. It is located on the banks of the stream considered a natural harbor. The river with its mouth shape gave its name to the area, which began to be populated in the middle of the 19th century when Italian, Spanish and other immigrants disembarked in the country settled in the area. The tenacity of these men, the vigor and the desire to forge a new future formed a melting pot of races that today is reflected in everything that makes the essence of the place. The sheets and woods were accommodated on quebracho piles giving rise to the first buildings, the conventillo. The appearance, after houses built in material, drew a new and picturesque scene. Around 1902, one of the first houses of material was built in the Vuelta de Rocha. A typical construction from the beginning of the century, with characteristics of Italian Renaissance style, work of the architect J. B. Rocca. That mansion that among other destinations, was "family house", had in its foundations the imprint of memory ... There took place in 1904 the Socialist Committee composed of Dr. Alfredo Palacios. In it the picturesque and the historical coexist, the house shelters the only Historical Wax Museum in our country, a privileged site of our city where the historical and cultural heritage of the south of the City of Buenos Aires lives. Inaugurated on June 11, 1980, by Professor Domingo I. Tellechea, a great expert in ceroplastics, taxidermist and restorer of works of art. The Museum was born with the purpose of creating in our country a cultural space between art and history. The pillars of this bridge are demystification, research, curiosity, expression and knowledge. It is worth saying that together, they record and elaborate simple models in the experience. Located in the heart of the neighborhood of La Boca, one of the most characteristic of Buenos Aires, by the colorful houses, football and the stream, the Historical Museum of Cera offers you the chance to live unforgettable experiences by a walk among the most important characters in our history. The Museum includes different areas, with specially designed samples and grouped according to a pedagogical criterion. The wax, has turned out to be the material of more artistic resources in the realization of the human figure, becoming the only ideal material, since it has color, shape and translucency, allowing to match the colors of the skin in its multimatíz, the artistic museums must having, like scientists, rigor and historical truth, serves as a bridge between two worlds, art and history.