Carlos Gardel was one of the most popular artists in history, both locally and internationally and is still a symbol for Buenos Aires. The museum is housed in the last house the singer lived in Buenos Aires.

Gardel was born in 1890 in Toulouse, France, and arrived in Buenos Aires with his mother two years later. He grew up in the Abasto neighborhood, where in the 1910s began to sing songs and milongas later became a pioneer of tango-song. His singing is still canonical.

Gardel recorded albums and movies filmed in Latin America, Europe and the United States also composed themes that became classics, like “El dia que me quieras”, “Arrabal amargo”, “Volver” and “Cuesta abajo.

He died in a plane crash in Medellin, Colombia in 1935. He is buried in Chacarita cemetery, where his tomb can be visited.

He bought the house which now houses the museum in 1927 to his mother, Berta, with whom he shared it until 1933, when he left the country last. The building (a house sausage) is typical of the first half of the twentieth century.

The museum (under the government of Buenos Aires) exhibits personal objects of Gardel and examples of his work.

Technical data:
Location: Jean Jaurès 735
Neighborhood: Abasto
Web: www.museos.buenosaires.gov.ar / gardel.htm