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La Noche de Los Museos

Series: Letter From A. Broad
From: Muriel Murch
Length: 00:10:49

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Buenosairesatdusk_small One night a year Buenos Aires opens the city museums for free. We visit two very different museums; The museum of the marionette and the Museum of Penitentiary Guards. Sounds of the night and the museums weave through the piece

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Piece Description

One night a year Buenos Aires opens the city museums for free. We visit two very different museums; The museum of the marionette and the Museum of Penitentiary Guards. Sounds of the night and the museums weave through the piece

Broadcast History

KWMR Good Morning West Marin. 9 a.m. Monday Host Susan Deixler. and repeated at 11 a.m. on Epicenter.

Transcript

At seven p.m. on Saturday, November 15th la Noche de Los Musecs, the night of the Museums, begins in Buenos Aires. From seven p.m. until two a.m. the following morning a large number of the city museums of Buenos Aires open their doors, turn on the lights and welcome the public inside with no charge. Eleven of the most useful bus routes wave the ninety centavos or one pesos fare. Mini vans have also been provided to run between museums within two or three barrios that are adjacent to one other.
The night of the museums is an annual event now in its fifth year. This is Open Studio with a city government twist. This is a night when families will dine early - before 8 p.m. - and then take to the streets in search of remembered treasures and new discoveries. Grown dau...
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