The National Museum of Decorative Art located on Avenida del Libertador 1902 in the City of Buenos Aires was created in 1937 by acquiring part of the state of the building that was the Errázuriz Alvear Palace along with its collections of art objects.

The building, built between 1911 and 1917, is in a French neoclassical style.

Work of the architect René Sergen

In the museum its collections of:

Weapons.
Sculptures: Antoine Coysevox, Auguste Rodin Antoine Bourdelle, Ossip Zadkine, Pierre Chinard, Jules Roulleau, C Mantegazza, Alberto Lagos, Clodion.
Miniatures: examples of European origin from the 16th to the 20th century, watercolors, enamels, gouache.
Furniture: from the cabinetmakers G. Jacob, Ellaume, Roetgen, Jacob-Desmalter.
Goldsmithing: works by Gouthière, F. Thomas Germain.
Painting: El Greco, Fragonard, Corot, Fantin Latour, Manet, Anglada Camarassa, Joaquín Sorolla.
Porcelains: [[Sèvres, Mennecy, Meissen.
Tapestries: Manufacturas de Tournai S XV, de Brussels fin S XVI, de Beauvais S XVIII.