Established | December 10, 1911 |
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Location | Julio Herrera y Reissig esq. Tomás Giribaldi, s/n, CP: 11300 Parque Rodó, Montevideo ( Uruguay) |
Director | Enrique Aguerre |
Website | Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales |
National Museum of Visual Arts (Uruguay) (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales) a museum in Parque Rodó, Montevideo, Uruguay. It was inaugurated on December 10, 1911.
This museum has the largest collection of Uruguayan artists artwork. Among them are works of Rafael Barradas, Joaquín Torres García, José Cúneo, Carlos Federico Sáez, Pedro Figari, Juan Manuel Blanes and the artist Pablo Serrano who lived in Montevideo for twenty years.
The museum hosts also temporary exhibitions, in many cases of foreign artists, whose artwork travels in different museums around the world.
Coordinates: 34°54′50″S 56°09′53″W / 34.91389°S 56.16472°W