Immigration Museum

One of the highlights of our visit to Buenos Aires was visiting the intimate immigration museum and learning about how the mass immigration of Europeans shaped the city. From 1870 to 1920 1.6 million Spaniards and 2.3 million Italians chose to relocate to Buenos Aires and start a new life...amazing when you consider that in 1870 Buenos Aires started with a population of only 700,000. The museum itself was located in an old complex built to accommodate the immigrants as they exited the ships. It was a massive building with kitchens, cafeterias and dorms where new citizens learned Spanish and got acclimated to their new environment. The aged building was especially beautiful at sunset.










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