Within the framework of the celebrations for the centenary of the Museum of Hispanic-American Art Isaac Fernández Blanco, the House that bears his name will once again welcome the public with various novelties.

In this way, the headquarters located on Hipólito Yrigoyen 1420 will offer its visitors the possibility of appreciating the Golden Room, Painting room and Creole silverware, totally renovated.

The reopening date will be this Thursday 23 June from the 17 hours, where there will also be a piano concert by Bruno Malinverni, musical interventions by Pablo Saraví and Mariana Saraví, and silversmith Mauro Sabbatini can be seen working live.

En el Hall Central el pianista Bruno Malinverni interpretará obras de autores de fines del siglo XIX y principios del Siglo XX como Debussy, Joyce, Ravel, Durand, Satie and Puccini. In the Golden Room there will be musical interventions Pablo Saraví and Mariana Saraví, in which violins authored by Camilo Mandelli will be used, luthier of which two instruments from the Museum's collection are exhibited in the room.

Within that context, the artists will offer a duet by Boccherini de 3 movements in performance format. En la sala de Platería y Pintura criolla se podrá ver el trabajo en vivo del platero Mauro Sabbatini, quien realizará junto al público una placa conmemorativa por el centenario del Museo Fernández Blanco.

Un poco de historia

The collector Isaac Fernández Blanco commissioned in 1901 to the Norwegian architect Alejandro Christophersen the expansion and remodeling of the family home, where he founded the first private museum in Argentina opening the doors of his own residence, in what is now considered the only eclectic-style mansion from the end of the 19th century that remains in the old southern neighborhood of Montserrat and with the characteristics of a neo-Renaissance mansion.

In september 1921, Fernández Blanco moved his family to another address and opened his house as a permanent museum for the entire community, vendió el edificio a la Municipalidad de Buenos Aires y donó la totalidad de su colección a dicho gobierno, opening as a municipal museum on 25 May 1922. Fernández Blanco remained as Honorary Director until 1926.

The Golden Room and the Creole Painting and Silverware Room were renovated and enhanced thanks to a subsidy granted to the Association of Friends of the Fernández Blanco Museum by the American Express International Foundation., via The Resource Foundation of the United States.