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The
Ecuadorian culture has been very well preserved through centuries in the country's several museums. The
Best of Ecuador.com details in this section a complete list of all the museums of the country. Not
all Ecuadorian provinces have museums, but the ones that do have are listed below as follows: Museums
by province: Enjoy
our history!
| Azuay | | In
Cuenca - Museo Artes Populares (Cidap)
Address: Hno. Miguel 3-23 and Calle Larga.
Tel: 829451, 840919. Monday to Friday. 09:30-13:00, 14:30-18:00. On Saturdays: 10:00-13:00. - Museo Remigio
Crespo Toral
Objects from the Cañar and Chordeleg cultures also, regional history collections. Address:
Calle Larga 7-07 and Borrero. Tel: 833208. Monday to Friday: 08:30-13:00 and 15:00-18:30. On weekends: 10:00-15:00. - Museo
de Arte Moderno
Has an art library and contemporary art collection. Address: Sucre 1527 and Talbot (Plaza San
Sebastián). Tel. 831027. Monday to Friday 08:30-18:30. On weekends: 09:00-15:00. - Museo Agustin Landivar
(Ruinas de Todos Santos)
Address: Calle Larga 287 and Manuel Vega. Tel. 836935. Monday to Friday 08:00-16:00. - Museo
del Banco Central
For Tomebamba excavations. Address: Calle Larga and Huayna Capac. Tel. 831225. Monday to
Friday. 09:00-18:00. Saturdays 09:00-13:00. - Museo de Artes de Fuego.
Displays pottery and
iron work. Address: Las Herrerías and 10 de Agosto. Monday to Friday. - Museo Artesanal de Gualaceo
Address:
Av. del Parador and Loja. Tel: 255261. Tuesday to Saturday 09:00-12:00 and 14:00-17:00. On Sundays 08:00-13:00. - Casa
de Los Tratados
Address: Bolivar and Córdova Giron corner. Tuesday to Sunday, 09:00-12:00 and 14:00-17:00. - Museo
de Sitio de Ingapirca
Located along the highway from Cañar to Azoguez. Tuesday to Sunday 09:00-17:00. - Museo
de Los Metales
Address: Av. Solano 11-83. Tel: 811302. Monday to Friday. 09:00-12:00 and 16:00-19:00. - Museo
de Las Culturas Aborígenes
Pre-Columbian archaeology. Address: Av. 10 de Agosto 4-70 (between F. Moscoso
and J.M. Sánchez). Tel. 811706. Monday to Friday. 08:30-12:30 and 14:30-18:30. On Saturdays 08:30-12:30. Entrance
fee: US$2. - Casa de La Cultura Benjamín Carrión
Address: Benigno Malo and Sucre.
Monday to Saturday 09:00-13:00 and 15:00-18:00. - Museo de La Medicina
Address: Av. 12 de Abril
and Solano. Tel: 830667. Monday to Friday 09:00-12:00 and 14:30-16:00. - Museo de La Comunidad de Chordeleg
Address:
23 de Enero 4-21, opposite Parque Central. Tel. 259316. Monday to Saturday, 08:30-17:00. On Sundays: 08:30-14:00. - Museo
de Las Conceptas
Religious and folk art. Address: Hermano Miguel 6-33 between Presidente Córdova and
Juan Jaramillo. Tel. 830625. Monday to Friday 09:00-17:00 and Saturdays 10:00-13:00. Entrance fee: US$2. - Instituto
Azuayo del Folklore
Latin American crafts and arts. Address: Cordero 722 and Sucre. 3rd floor. Tel: 830016.
Monday to Friday 09:30-13:00 and 14:30-18:00. Saturdays 10:00-13:00. - Museo Arqueológico Universidad
Estatal de Cuenca
Cañari and Inca artifacts. Address: Av. 12 de Abril. Tel: 831698. Monday to Friday
09:00-12:00 and 14:00-18:00. - Museo Colegio Benigno Malo
Address: Av. Solano 2-58. Tel: 836763.
Monday to Friday. 09:00-13:00. |  | Bolivar | | In
Guaranda - Museo Santuario Nuestra Señora Natividad del Huayco
Located along
the highway Guaranda to Babahoyo. Tel. 981813. Monday to Friday 10:00-16:00. - Museo Cultural Indio Guaranga
Address:
Cruz Loma, Guaranda. Tel. 980757, 980327. Wednesday to Sunday. 08:00-12:00 and 14:00-18:00. |  | Carchi |  | | In Tulcán - Museo
Carlos Emilio Grijalva
Address: Argentina and Sucre. Tel: 980266. Monday to Friday 07:15-13:15. In
San Gabriel - Museo David Paltan
Address: Montufar 708 (San Gabriel). Tel: 990112.Monday
to Friday. 07:00-13:00. | |
|  | Chimborazo | | | In
Riobamba - Museo de Arte Religioso La Concepción
Address: Argentinos and
Larrea. Tel: 965212. Tuesday to Friday 09:00-18:00 and 15:00-18:00. - Museo del Banco Central
Address:
Primera Constituyente and Carabobo. Tel. 960817. Monday to Friday 10:00-17:00. - Museo del Colegio Nacional
Pedro Vicente Maldonado
Address: Primera Constituyente 2436 and España. Tel. 960211. Monday to Friday
08:00-13:00 and 1500-1800. In Sicalpa - Museo Histórico
Address:
2 de Agosto 1426. Monday to Friday 07:00-15:00. |  | Guayas | | | In
Guayaquil - Museo Atropológico del Banco Central
Ceramics exhibits and paintings.
Address: José de Antepara and 9 de Octubre corner. Tel. 2325249. Monday to Friday 08:30-18:00. On weekends 11:00-13:00. - Museo
Historico Bae Calderón
Address: Cañar and 5 De Junio. Tel. 2345317. Tuesday to Friday 09:00-16:00.
Weekends: 10:00-14:00. - Museo Nahim Isaias B.
Address: Pichincha and Clemente Ballén,
2nd Piso. Tel. 2329099, 2510818. Tuesday to Friday 09:00-17:00 and Saturdays 10:00-13:00. - Museo Coronel
Felix Luque Plata
Address: On Plaza Colón. Tel. 2303572. Tuesday to Saturday 10:00-14:00. - Museo
del Municipal de Guayaquil
Gold and archaeological collections, shrunken Shuar heads and paintings. Address:
Sucre between Chile and Pedro Carbo (by Hotel Continental). Tel. 2531621. Tuesday to Saturday 09:00-16:00. - Museo
Francisco Campos
Address: Lizardo Garcia 225 and Vélez. Tel: 2360790. Monday to Friday 08:00-12:00 and
14:30-18:30 - Museo Casa de La Cultura
Prehistoric gold items. Address: 9 de Octubre 1200 and
P. Moncayo. Tel. 2300500, 2300586. Tuesday to Friday 10:00-18:00. Saturdays 09:00-15:00. - Museo Banco del
Pacifico
Archaeological exhibits. Address: P. Icaza 200 and Av. Pichincha. Tel: 2328333, 2563744. Tuesday to
Saturday 09:00-18:00. In Península de Santa Elena - Museo
Salinas Siglo 21.- Archaeological exhibits of the Peninsular area. Address: Malecón between Guayas and Quil
(next to restaurant Colonial). Tel. 04-2771279. Entrance fee US$2. Open Wednesdays to Sundays 10:00 till 13:00 and 15:00
till 18:00.
- Museo Amantes De Sumpa
Located along the road Libertad-Salinas. Tel. 2786149, 2785216.
Open: 09:00-12:30 and 15:00-17:30. - Museo de Sitio Arqueológico El Mongote Real Alto
Along
the road Salinas-Chanduy (Comuna Pechiche). Tel. 2306683. Monday to Sunday 09:00-17:00. |  | Esmeraldas | | | In
Esmeraldas - Museo Arqueológico Carlos Mercado
Address: Espejo and Olmedo.
Tel: 710393. Monday to Friday 08:00-12:00, 14:00-16:00. - Sala de Exposiciones del Banco Central de Esmeraldas
Address:
Av. Libertad and Bolivar. Monday to Friday 08:00-16:00. |  | Imbabura | | | In
Cotacachi - Museo de Las Culturas
Address: García Moreno (by Hostería
Mesón de Las Flores). Tel. 951945. Tuesday to Friday 09:00-12:00 and 14:00-17:00. Weekends: Saturdays 14:00-17:00
and Sundays 10:00-13:00. In Ibarra - Museo Arqueológico
Atahualpa.- At Plaza Caranqui. Tel. 09-813056. Wednesday to Sunday 09:00-12:00 and 15:00-18:00.
- Museo
Religioso de Santo Sunday
Address: Bolívar (Plaza Boyacá). Tel. 955355. Monday to Sunday 08:00-12:00
and 14:00-18:00. - Museo Lítico Víctor Alejandro Jaramillo
Address: Bolívar
and G. Moreno (across Parque Bolívar). Tel. 920466. Friday to Saturday 09:00-13:00. On Sundays: 15:00-18:00. - Museo
Fray Pedro Bedon
Tel. 951355. Monday to Sunday 08:00-12:00 and 15:00-18:00. - Museo Mariano
Acosta
Address: By Palacio Municipal. Tel. 950450. Monday to Friday 13:15-18:45. - Museo Arqueológico
y Etnográfico de La Sierra Norte Del Ecuador
Address: Oviedo and Sucre. Tel. 920321, 920461. Monday
to Saturday 08:30-13:30 and 14:30-16:30. In Otavalo - Museo
del Instituto Otavaleño de Antropología
Archaeological artifacts, musical instruments and regional
costumes. Address: Av. de Los Sarances, west of Panamericana Norte. Monday to Friday 08:00-12:00 and 14:30-18:30. On Saturdays:
08:00-12:00. Tel. 920321. - Museo Vásquez Fuller
Address: Roca and Montalvo. Monday to
Saturday 14:00-18:00. Entrance fee US$1. |  | Loja | | | In
Loja - Museo del Banco Central
Address: 10 de Agosto 1330. Tel: 963004. Monday to
Friday 08:00-13:00 and 14:00-17:00. - Museo Diocesano de Arte Religioso Nuestra Señora del Cisne
Located
at Santuario del Cisne. Tel: 961805. Tuesday to Sunday 08:00-12:00 and 13:00-17:00. |  | Manabí | | | In
Manta - Museo del Banco Central de Manta
Address: Calle 9 and Av. 2 (top floor of
Municipio de Manta building). Tel. 612878. Monday to Friday 08:30-15:30. In Chone - Museo
Arcadius
Located in Campus Club. Monday to Friday 10:00-17:00. In Bahía
de Caráquez - Museo Arqueológico del Banco Central de Bahía
Pre-Colombian
pottery. Address: Alberto F. Santos (in Casa de la Cultura), Malecón. Tel. 960361. Tuesday to Saturday 15:00-17:00. In
Montecristi - Museo Municipal Casa De Alfaro
Address: Eloy Alfaro 608 and Rocafuerte.
Monday to Friday 08:00-12:00 and 14:30-17:00. - Museo Arqueológico Largacha Ceballos Marlac
Address:
9 De Julio 303 and Manta. Monday to Saturday 09:00-13:00 and 15:00-17:00. In Salango - Museo
Balseros del Mar Del Sur
Located at the main Plaza Principal of Salango. Monday to Sunday 15:30-18:00. In
Portoviejo - Museo Arqueológico Universidad Técnica de Manabí
Address:
On Avenida Universitaria. Tel. 632964. Monday to Friday 10:00-17:00. In Puerto López - Museo
de La Comunidad de Agua Blanca
Located along the road Rio Buena Vista-Machalilla, at Kilometer 5. Tel. 604170.
Monday to Sunday 09:00-17:00. |  | Pichincha | | | In
Quito - Museo Casa de Sucre
Address: Venezuela 573 and Sucre corner. Tel: 2952860.
Tuesday to Saturday 09:00-16:00. Admission fee: US$1. - Museo del Convento de San Diego
Address:
Calicuchima 117 and Farfán (west of the Panecillo). Tel: 2952516. Monday to Sunday 09:00-13:30 and 14:30-17:00. Entrance
fee: US$1. - Museos de La Casa de La Cultura Ecuatoriana
Address: Av. 12 de Octubre and Patria.
Tel: 2223392. Tuesday to Friday 10:00-18:00. On Saturdays: 10:00-14:00. Admission fee: US$1. - Museo Arte
Colonial
Ecuadorian sculpture and paintings. Address: Cuenca 415 and Mejía corner. Tel: 2282297. Tuesday
to Friday 10:00-18:00. Saturdays 10:00-14:00. Entrance fee: US$0.50. - Museo Aurelio Espinoza Polit
Address:
José Morales 220 and Francisco Arcos (in Cotocollao). Tel. 2492190, 2491157, 2492190. Admission fee: US $2. Tuesday
to Friday 09:00-18:00. - Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales
Address: Rumipamba 341 and
Av. de Los Shyris (by Parque La Carolina). Tel. 2449824. Monday to Friday 08:30-13:00 and 13:45-16:30. On Saturdays 09:00-13:00.
Sundays 10:00-14:00. Entrance fee: US$2. - Museo Etnográfico Mitad del Mundo
Monumento
Ciudad Mitad del Mundo. Tel: 2394806 / 2394805 / 2394803. Monday to Thursday 09:00-18:00. Friday to Sunday 09:00-19:00. - Museo
Fundación Guayasamin
Pre-Colombian and colonial collection. Address: José Bosmediano 543 and
José Carbo (Bellavista). Tel: 2446455, 2452938, 2465265. Monday to Friday 09:30-13:00 and 15:00-18:30. Admission fee:
US$1,50. - Museo de La Ciudad
Quito's history. Address: Rocafuerte 572 and Garcia Moreno. Tel.
2283882, 2282883, 2953643. Tuesday to Sunday 09:30-17:30. Admission fee: US$4. - Centro Cultural del Instituto
Geografico Militar
At El Dorado. Tel: 2502091. Monday to Friday 09:00-16:00. Planetarium: Monday to Friday
09:00-15:00. Weekends: 08:00-12:00. - Vivarium
South American snakes, reptiles and amphibians
exhibition. Address: Reina Victoria 1576 and Santa Maria. Tel: 2230988. Tuesday to Saturday 09:00-13:00 and 14:30-18:30.
On Sundays: 11:00-18:00. - Museo de Artesanias Cefa
Indian costumes and crafts. Address: Av.
12 de Octubre 1738 and Madrid. Tel: 2503873. Tuesday to Friday 10:00-19:30. - Museo del Convento de San Agustin
Address:
Chile 924. Tel: 2951001, 2955525. Monday to Friday 09:30-12:00 and 15:00-18:00. On Saturdays: 09:00-12:00. - Museo
Fray Pedro Bedón
Address: Flores 150 and Bolivar. Tel: 2280518, 2282695. Monday to Friday 09:00-12:00
and 14:00-16:30. Weekends: 09:00-16:00. - The Abya-Yala cultural center
Address: Av. 12 de
Octubre 1430 and Wilson. Tel: 2506247, 2562633. Monday to Friday 09:00-12:30 and 14:00-18:00. - Museo Etnográfico
y de Ciencias Naturales Colegio Nacional Mejia
Ethnographic exhibits. Address: Venezuela and Ante. Tel: 2583412,
2565718 Ext. 24. Monday to Friday 08:00-12:00 and 1400-1800. On Saturdays 08:00-12:00. - Museo Nacional de
Historia de La Medicina
Address: Garcia Moreno 524 and Av. 24 de Mayo. Tel. 2573792, 2581768. Monday to Friday
09:00-15:00. - Fundación Mariana de Jesús
Address: Av. Mariana de Jesús
2307 and Martin de Utreras. Tel: 2433573, 2441724, 2433784. Monday to Friday 09:00-18:00. On Saturdays: 09:00-13:00. - Museo
del Convento de San Francisco
Address: Cuenca 477 and Sucre (in Plaza de San Francisco). Tel. 2281124, 2282545.
Monday to Saturday 09:00-18:00. Sundays: 09:00-13:00. - Casa Museo Maria Augusta Urrutia
Address:
Garcia Moreno 760 between Sucre and Bolivar. Tel. 2580107, 2580103, 2584173. Tuesday to Sunday 09:00-17:00. - Casa
Museo Manuela Saenz
Address: Junín 709 and Montufar (San Marcos ). Tel. 2283908, 2518321. Monday to
Friday 08:00-13:00 and 14:00-17:30. - Museo del Observatorio Astronómico de La Alameda On
Parque de La Alameda. Tel. 2570765. Monday to Friday 09:00-12:00 and 15:00-17:00. On Saturdays: 09:00-13:00.
- Museo
Weilbauer Porras
Address: Av. 12 de Octubre and Ladrón de Guevara. Tel: 2230577. Monday to Friday 09:00-13:00
and 14:00-16:00. Art Galleries - Galeria
Pomaire.- Address: Amazonas 863 and Veintimilla. Tel. 2540074.
- La Galeria.- Address:
Juan Rodriguez 168 and Almagro. Tel. 2225807.
- Viteri.- Address: Orellana 473 and Whimper. Tel.
2561548.
- Fundación Guayasamin.- In Bellavista.
- Posada de las Artes Kingman.-
Address: Almagro 1550 and Pradera. Tel. 2526335.
|  | Tungurahua | | | In
Ambato - Museo Quinta Casa de Juan Montalvo
Address: Montalvo and Bolivar. Tel.
824248. Monday to Saturday 09:00-12:00 and 14:00-18:00. - Museo Quinta de Mera
Address: Juan
León Mera and Av. De Los Capulies. Tel. 284019. Tuesday to Sunday 08:00-12:00 and 14:00-18:00. In
Baños - Museo de Arte Religiosos La Concepción
Address: Argentino
and Larrea. Tel: 965212. Tuesday to Friday 09:00-12:00 and 15:00-18:00. - Museo del Santuario de La Virgen
Del Agua Santa
Address: Ambato 2840. Tel: 740451. Monday to Sunday 07:00-12:00 and 14:00-16:00. |  | | Museums
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