Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo

"National Decorative Arts Museum With its swoon-worthy, 6000-plus piece collection, the museum establishes a magical dialogue with the past. All kinds of great stuff, from neo-classical statuary, silverware of yore, and centuries-old tapestries, and more inhabit a magnificent 1911 mansion, alone worth the price of admission. In addition to offering a survey of the decorative arts’ development over time, there are spaces for temporary exhibitions focused on local collections and artists. Top off all the luxe with coffee or an aperitif at Café Croque Madame, in the mansion’s stately gardens."

"Get fancy and take a glimpse into what life, architecture, and design looked like (at least, for high society) within Buenos Aires during the beginning of the 20th century. Located in Recoleta, one of the city’s ritziest areas, inside the palace of Josefina Alvear and Matías Errázuriz Ortúzar, an aristocratic Argentine family, the c. `1911 building was designed by French architect René Sergent, who also built the Trianon Palace Hotel in Versailles. Interior design junkies, take note: the Dining Room (which seats more than 24 guests) and Ball Room look like small-scale carbon copies of the Versailles Palace, while the Art Deco boudoir (the only room with contemporary aesthetics) was dreamt up by Catalonian artist José María Sert." - Allie Lazar