Torres Garcia Museum

Joaquin Torres-Garcia is a Uruguayan artist of the XIX-XX centuries, whose works are housed in the Montevideo Museum. The museum opened in Montevideo's Old Town after his death in 1949. Its opening was facilitated by the artist’s wife and the Torres-Garcia Foundation.

The museum exhibits paintings, drawings, original works, archives, personal belongings of the artist, furniture, photographs, magazines and publications, as well as everything else related to the name and personality of Torres-Garcia.

This museum attracts more than 85,000 visitors annually. On the ground floor of the museum building there is also a library, and in the basement there is a theater, which is visited by art students, schoolchildren and tourists for educational seminars. The museum has 7 floors, the first three of which are used as exhibition spaces.