Stephanie P.
Yelp
Many of the Museo Evita reviews here say that the audio tour is a must-do, so I'll give you the perspective of someone who chose not to do that. The reason was the price, plain and simple: the audio headset for one person cost about twice as much as the actual admission! My boyfriend didn't really care whether he extracted the maximum value from his Evita Museum visit, and I was too cheap to fork out more pesos, so we decided to forgo it.
The museum is located in a historic mansion that the Peron Foundation bought and set up as a homeless shelter for women and children, and some of the rooms have been turned into replicas of that era, like the kitchen that has actual cookware and dishes used at the shelter. You enter through a foyer and basically follow a linear, chronological path through the museum.
Along the way, there are videos and photos, audio segments, ephemera and artifacts from Evita's life, and of course plenty of dresses, suits, hats, and accessories to ooh and ahh over (photography is allowed). This museum did a better job than most Argentine museums with bilingual signage, perhaps because of Evita's international appeal, so I felt I was pretty much able to grasp what I was looking at.
The restrooms were well maintained and clean, and there's a nice little gift shop next to the front desk where you can get all kinds of postcards, books, and memorabilia for your favorite Evita lover. They also sell international postcard stamps individually, which is where I got mine. Prepare for sticker shock -- the postage will cost you the equivalent of several U.S. dollars!
Despite its many small rooms, the museum collection isn't all that huge, and it won't take you more than an hour or two to go through. That was plenty for me, but perhaps a serious Evita fan would enjoy the in-depth information presented in the audio tour. As it is, I think most casual visitors can enjoy the pretty clothes and jewelry and political memorabilia on their own. A quick stop and fairly interesting, but I wouldn't call it a must-see in Buenos Aires.