This Saturday there will be a new edition of “A Night at the Museum” La Plata. The proposal is organized by the Provincial Directorate of Cultural Heritage and will take place from 18 to 24 in more than 200 museums in 60 municipalities of the province. It will be accompanied by guided tours and free activities for the whole family.
The initiative is promoted by the Buenos Aires Cultural Institute, from where they highlighted that the successful experience of 2022 marked the event after seven years of absence, the main objective of this edition being to expand the regional and cultural scope of the event aims to deepen and multiply, offering a different way to see, know and visit the wealth of Buenos Aires cultural heritage.
On this occasion, the Emilio Pettoruti Provincial Museum of Fine Arts will act as an information point for the Night of Museums 2023 and join the initiative with this series of tours and proposals.
In the window of the museum – “Las Piedras, a possible atlas”
It is an exhibition of contemporary art by Dani Lorenzo, with a text by Maneme. In addition, there will be various offers and free and free activities, and at 10:30 the finale will be at full speed by the percussion group Cafundo Bloco. Emilio Pettoruti Provincial Museum of Fine Arts, at 51 N° 525.
In the Chamber of Deputies – “The Battle of San Lorenzo”
In the Salón de los Pasos Perdidos you can only enjoy this piece by Julio Fernández Villanueva, a central work that was lost to the memory of Argentine history and is part of the Fundacial collection of the Pettoruti Museum. Representing the famous battle that immortalized the grenadiers on horseback. The work will be in dialogue with the heritage of the Chamber of Deputies of the Province of Buenos Aires. Call 53 between 7 and 8.
In the third foyer of the Teatro Argentino Provincial Art Center, you can see sculptures from different eras, which were stored in the deposits of the Emilio Pettoruti Provincial Museum of Fine Arts. The works recover the different styles, times and currents that were and are part of our identity. The exhibition featured works in plaster, wood, iron, bronze, stone and other materials by sculptors from different parts of the province.
Furthermore, in the Sala Pettoruti Alta you can see the exhibition “Giuseppe Verdi, the year of the 210th anniversary of his birth”, where the Teatro Argentino Historical Artistic Archive displays documentary material and part of the collection of opera costumes that make up the opera. Coliseum repertoire. Between 9 and 10 on 51st Ave.
In the Fundación Catedral Museum you can find “Museum Stories”, a selection of the Institute’s heritage that includes works by Koek-Koek, Ernestina Rivademar, José Fonrouge and pieces from our Foundation Collection. On 14th Street between 51 and 53.
On Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 at the Casona del Parque Pereyra you can visit the three facilities of the Hangar Collective and the Numa Ayrinhac heritage exhibition within the framework of the eighth edition of the “Museum in the Park”. Old Santa Rosa Ranch – Pereira Irola Park.
Museum Night originated in the city of Berlin and in recent decades has become a highly popular event followed by other cities in more than 150 countries around the world. The proposal of the Cultural Institute is to gather this spirit and invite all museums in the territory of the Province of Buenos Aires, to join efforts and wishes in a night of celebration and civic participation.
“A Night at the Museum” organized by the Cultural Institute of the Province of Buenos Aires began to develop in La Plata in 2008. Since then, the Provincial Directorate of Cultural Heritage has been in charge of planning and launching each edition. The full schedule of the 2023 edition and the proposed circuits for the regions of La Plata, Barriso and Ensenada can be found on the website of the Cultural Institute of the Province of Buenos Aires.
