Argentina's National Museum of History and the National Museum of Fine Arts were created almost at the same time in Buenos Aires, towards the end of the nineteenth century. Many of the artefacts collected in both museums are of the same kind: oil paintings, drawings, engravings, and sculptures, depicting battles, portraits, landscapes, and costumbrista scenes. However, the artefacts in each institution were understood differently: those in the Museum of Fine Arts were considered as ‘art’, while those in the other museum were seen as historical documents. This differentiation between the material of art history and that of history deserves critical examination. The creation of each museum may explain this distinction, as well as offering a point of departure for further reflections about the way in which those artefacts have been exhibited, studied, and preserved.

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美学人工制品或文件？十九世纪末布宜诺斯艾利斯的艺术和历史博物馆

阿根廷国家历史博物馆和国家美术博物馆几乎同时在布宜诺斯艾利斯创建，接近 19 世纪末。两个博物馆收集的许多手工艺品都属于同一类型：油画、素描、版画和雕塑，描绘了战争、肖像、风景和 costumbrista 场景。然而，每个机构对文物的理解不同：美术博物馆的文物被视为“艺术品”，而其他博物馆的文物则被视为历史文献。艺术史材料和历史材料之间的这种区别值得批判性地研究。每个博物馆的创建都可以解释这种区别，并为进一步反思这些文物的展出方式提供一个出发点，