The Sarmiento History Museum ( es, Museo Histórico Sarmiento), located in the

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neighborhood of Belgrano, is a museum dedicated to Argentine history, and in particular to the

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and the life of President

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (; born Domingo Faustino Fidel Valentín Sarmiento y Albarracín; 15 February 1811 – 11 September 1888) was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the second President of Argentina. His writing s ...

, a writer and political figure who was President of Argentina between 1868 and 1874. There are also sections that show the literary works of

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, his presidential successor and about the revolution caused by the federalization of Buenos Aires in 1880, when the national government had to abandon its location in downtown Buenos Aires and move to the building where the museum is today in Belgrano, then the outskirts of the city.

History

The building

Museo Histórico Sarmiento - Patio exterior

The building is an Italian-style

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, built in 1873 as planned by

Juan Antonio Buschiazzo Juan Antonio Buschiazzo (October 29, 1845May 13, 1917) was an Italian-born Argentine architect and engineer who contributed to the modernisation of Buenos Aires, Argentina in the 1880s and to the construction of the city of La Plata, the new cap ...

, one of the architects brought in the mid-19th century to Argentina by

Bernardino Rivadavia Bernardino de la Trinidad González Rivadavia (May 20, 1780 – September 2, 1845) was the first President of Argentina, then called the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, from February 8, 1826 to June 27, 1827. He was educated at t ...

. At the time, it housed the executive, legislative and judicial powers of the federal government, when they had to leave Buenos Aires. The National Congress, met in the biggest of it meeting when they declared Buenos Aires as the nation's capital, under president Avellaneda. At the end of the civil war, the Federalization Law was signed in this building. Due to this event, it was declared a National Historic Monument. In 1938, at the 50th anniversary of Sarmiento's death, the federal government dedicated it as a museum. On 28 July of that year, the mansion was dedicated by presidential decree of then president

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, after a proposal of then head of the Historical Museums Commission

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The collection

The museum displays some of Sarmiento's belongings, as established by Law #12556. In 1913 his grandchildren donated other objects of his to the collection. The museum's collection contains furniture, and various sets of cutlery obtained by the president during his travels.

Rooms

Sarmiento Room

;Used for temporary exhibitions: Has a portrait of Sarmiento by his granddaughter Eugenia Belin Sarmiento and showcases with different objects of daily use. ;Bedroom: This room displays the period from 1811 to 1841 in chronological order. It contains Victorian furniture from Sarmiento's home in Buenos Aires. ;Dining room: Another portrait of the president by his granddaughter, Eugenia Belin Sarmiento, plus some personal objects. ;Facundo's room: This room commemorates the work on Facundo: Civilization and Barbarism written by Sarmiento, showing old editions and copies from editions in other languages.

Gallery

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References

Museo Histórico Sarmiento
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