National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina

Buenos Aires founded its national art museum in 1895, at the moment a beef-and-grain boom was making Argentina one of the richest countries in the world and its capital was reaching for European grandeur. The museum moved in 1933 into a former pumping station on Avenida del Libertador, remodelled into galleries.

Its collection is the largest public art holding in Latin America. Alongside a deep survey of Argentine painting it has European names that money brought south, among them El Greco, Goya and Rodin, plus a good run of Impressionists including Monet, Manet and Degas.

Entry is free, and it remains the most visited fine-art museum in the country.