The Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes Emilio Pettoruti is La Plata's main fine arts museum, named for the Argentine modernist painter born in the city. Its collection and exhibitions give the provincial capital an art stop to balance the better-known natural history museum and the huge neo-Gothic cathedral.
Expect a compact museum rather than a blockbuster institution. It is most rewarding if you are interested in Argentine painting, changing exhibitions, or the way La Plata built civic culture into its planned streets and public buildings.