Colección de Arte Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat

What Colección de Arte Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat does

Colección de Arte Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat (operating as Colección AMALITA) is a private, non-profit art foundation and museum headquartered in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Founded in 2018, it houses over 300 permanent works spanning Argentine art from the 19th and 20th centuries alongside international pieces including Warhol, Dalí, Chagall, Rodin, and Egyptian antiquities. The foundation also administers the Premio Fundación Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat, an Argentine art award that has run since 1984, supporting emerging artists.

The museum's core offerings are its permanent collection, rotating temporary exhibitions, and an educational program with free Spanish-language guided tours included with admission. Supplementary revenue and engagement streams include an online store for publications and merchandise (hosted on mitiendanube), event space rentals for corporate and private hire, and digital ticket sales through Feverup. The collection is also listed on Google Arts & Culture, extending its digital reach globally.

The foundation operates without proprietary technology, AI capabilities, or disclosed headcount, relying on a standard website and social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube) for audience development. Revenue is generated primarily through pay-as-you-go admissions, event hire, publications, and merchandise, with no publicly disclosed financials or external funding. It serves general public visitors, cultural tourists, educational groups, and art enthusiasts, all within a single physical site in Argentina.

Name

Colección de Arte Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat

Legal name

Fundación Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat

Website

https://coleccionfortabat.org.ar

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Colección AMALITA is a private, non-profit art foundation and museum in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, housing over 300 Argentine and international works. It serves general public visitors, cultural tourists, and educational groups through permanent and rotating exhibitions, guided tours, and an emerging-artist award program.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Art Museum

NAICS

Museums (712110)

akta.pro primary industry

Art Museums (THAJADAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Art Galleries & Exhibition Spaces (Commercial & Nonprofit) (THAJADAH)

Keywords

• Art museum
• Cultural exhibitions
• Art collection
• Educational programs
• Event venue

Headquarters

HQ city

Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Others, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Colección de Arte Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat is a private art museum in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, that preserves and exhibits a permanent collection of Argentine and international art alongside temporary exhibitions. It offers guided visits, educational programs, publications, an online store, and event spaces, and administers the Premio Fundación Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat.

Product overview

Colección AMALITA is an art museum located in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, housing a permanent collection of Argentine and international art spanning from ancient Egyptian artifacts to contemporary works. The museum operates as a single unified institution offering permanent collection exhibitions, rotating temporary exhibitions, educational programs, guided tours, and a publications program. The institution also maintains an online presence through its website showcasing the digital collection catalog, with merchandise and publications available through its online store.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Colección Permanente (Permanent Collection)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Google Arts & CultureminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe collection is listed as a partner on Google Arts & Culture platform, providing increased digital visibility and online access to the collection's artworks and exhibitions.
• FeverupminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFeverup serves as the digital ticketing platform for visitor admissions to the museum, enabling online ticket purchases for exhibitions.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires (MACBA): Buenos Aires contemporary art museum with rotating exhibitions and an emphasis on Argentine and Latin American modern artists; comparable in collection focus and target audience to AMALITA.
• MALBA (Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires): Leading Latin American art museum in Buenos Aires; directly comparable operating model (permanent collection of regional masters, rotating exhibitions, educational programming, on-site cinema/café), targeting overlapping cultural-tourist and local-art-enthusiast segments.
• Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Argentina): Argentina's flagship fine arts museum in Buenos Aires, housing the country's most important collection of Argentine and European art. Comparable collection breadth, public-museum programming, and target audience.
• Fundación Proa: Contemporary art foundation in the La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires; operates rotating international exhibitions, educational programming, and a museum store — directly comparable model to AMALITA as a private art foundation.
• Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires (MAMBA): Buenos Aires modern art museum focused on 20th–21st century Argentine and Latin American works. Comparable scale, exhibitions programming, and cultural-tourism audience in the same city.

Broad incumbents

• Museo Guggenheim Bilbao: Large established international art museum that demonstrates the upper end of rotating-exhibition, event-rental, and tourism-driven revenue model. Relevant benchmark for monetization strategy and brand scaling, though much larger.
• Tate Modern (London): Global flagship modern/contemporary art museum; relevant as a benchmark for digital distribution (app, online store, exhibition programming) and educational programming depth that AMALITA could aspire to scale toward.

Regional players

• Museo Soumaya (Mexico City): Major Latin American private art museum with a similarly diverse cross-period collection (Old Masters to contemporary). Comparable as a high-profile private foundation-driven museum in a different Latin American market.
• Museo de Arte de São Paulo (MASP): Brazil's flagship fine arts museum with a comparable cross-period collection and rotating exhibition model; comparable as a major Latin American art institution targeting overlapping tourist and cultural audiences.

Emerging players

• Faena Art Center (Buenos Aires / Miami): Private art foundation operating contemporary exhibition spaces in Buenos Aires and Miami Beach. Comparable as a private foundation-driven art space, but with a narrower contemporary focus versus AMALITA's historical breadth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@ColeccionFortabat
• Facebookfacebook.com/coleccionfortabat
• Instagraminstagram.com/colecciondeartefortabat
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/colecci%C3%B3n-de-arte-amalia-lacroze-de-fortabat

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