It is a memorial to the victims of the 1976–1983 military regime, known as the National Reorganization Process, during the Dirty War, a period of unprecedented state-sponsored violence in Argentina.
Memory park is located along the Río de la Plata, on Buenos Aires' North Costanera Avenue, near the Ciudad Universitaria.
The ramped path is meant to form a giant "wound" in the lawn of the park leading toward the river, where the name of those killed or vanished are located.
Sculptures by Roberto Aizenberg, William G. Tucker, and Dennis Oppenheim were installed and dedicated at the park during October 2006.
There is also a public meeting hall in the park used for purposes related to the arts, science and the memory of the victims of the reorganization.