NATIONAL MUSEUM ECUADOR; 40 QUITO MUSEUMS + ADDRESS

National Museum of Ecuador

National Museum of Ecuador, Ecuador's finest museum; opening hours; addresses of all 40+ museums of Quito + themes. Discover the golden mask and many other great up-to 5500 year old archaeological objects, religious and modern arts, history. All objects are tastefully displayed with outstanding bilingual explanations in modern glass showcases, artfully distributed in large modern museum rooms.

The Ecuador's museums with addresses, hours and themes are an absolute must for any visitor to Ecuador. Themes: Pre-Colombian objects, Gold Room, Religious Colonial. One needs at least an hour to briefly wander through the museum, but I have personally visited it several times, each time discovering some fascinating object I had not noticed before. The bilingual explanations are excellent, very modern and entry is totally free (1500+ items). 

National Museum + 40 Quito Museums with addresses

Many of the best of Quito's 40+ museums, Ecuador are all within 5 minutes' walks from each other and the Plaza Central. Some merit at least an hour, while others are fun for brief 10 - 15 minutes walk-ins. Entry fees are very moderate, usually between $2 and $3 for adults.

In old town Quito, several museums are hidden behind inconspicuous entrances, or make part of church complexes. The regulations of Quito being a cultural World Heritage Site prohibits the placing of conspicuous boards and redesign of facades, although sometimes those requirements are undermined by ugly banners. So don't be mislead by a modest entrance, some of the museums behind a simple door are world class!

Keep an open eye and appreciate what you are getting. Some museums are nothing more - and nothing less - than a mansion or historical house in Old Town Quito, but to appreciate the lives of the colonial upper class, those places give you a true impression of the history of the country. No sophisticated mega museum can give you an impression of what life was like when Ecuador was developing into a nation, as those lovely - but small - museums are offering. Don't ignore them, pay them a brief visit and let your mind descend into a past of when Ecuador was gradually entering into the adulthood of nations. One of my favorites it the Quito's city museum that has some great exhibitions of the colonial days.

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40+ Museums in Quito with addresses

40+ Museums in Quito

Address

Opening hours*

Features

Info to select your preferred museums while on vacation in Quito

Alianza Frances

Av. Eloy Alfaro N32-468 & B?gica

9-19, Sa 9-12:30

Cultural center of France with expositions of French art as well as cultural events.

Arte Actual Flasco

La Pradera E7-174 & Almagro

9-13, 15-18

Cultural center of contemporary art.

Associacion Humbolt

Vancouver E5-54 & Polonia

10-18

Cultural center of the Goethe Institute to promote cultural exchange with art gallery.

Cafelibro

12-14 17-21 Sa 18-21

Cultural Cafe with many living art expression. Entry free, consumption expected.

Capilla del Hombre Guyasamin

Mariano Calvache E18-94 & Lorenzo Chavez

T-Sa 10-17

Latin American art.

Casa de las artes La Ronda

Juan de Dios Morales & Guyaquil

9:30-19:00

Exposition of historical photographs of the Calle Ronda.

Casa del Alabado, Museo de Arte Precolombiano

Cuenca & Rocafuerte

T-Sa 9:30-17:30 Su 10-16

Precolombian art museum.

Casa Museo Kingman

Almagro & Pradera

9-13, 15-19

Exposition of work of Kingman and other contemporary art.

Casa Museo Manuela Saenz

Junin OE113 & Montufar

10-16 Sa10-14

Museum dedicated to Quito's hero Manuela Saenz.

Casa Museo Maria Augusta Urrutia

Garcia Moreno 760 & Sucre

T-F 10-18, Sa-Sa 9:30-17:30

Historical mansion with exposition dedicated to Maria Augusta Urrutia, giving an impression of the lives of the colonial nobility and art of Victor Mideros.

Centro Cultural Benjamin Carrion

Jorge Washington E2-42 & Ulpiano Paez

9-17

Cultural Center and exposition of sculptures.

Centro Cultural del Instituto Geografico Militar

Loma del Dorado & Seniergues E4-676

8-16:30

Educational exposition on science particularly related to mapping.

Centro Cultural Govindas

Esmeraldas OE 119 & Venezuela

M-Su 8-18

Cultural center Govindas dedicated to conscientious, social and ecological art with emphasis on (Asian) Indian culture.

Centro Cultural Itchimbia

Iquique S/N sector el Dorado

Cultural center in the restored former Santa Clara Market with contemporary art events and expositions with great view over historical center.

Centro Cultural La Casa de Juan Cafe Sibari

Calle La Ronda 707

T-T 11-12, F-Sa 11-14 Su 14-24

Cultural cafe-restaurant in historical mansion with musical and other cultural expressions.

Centro Cultural Metropolitano

Garcia Moreno & Espejo

8-19 Sa 9-14

Modern temporary expositions of widely varying themes and library.

Centro de Arte Contemporaneo

Luis Davila & Venezuela

T-Su 9-17:30

Cultural enter in the former Military Hospital with expositions of contemporary art, study and documentation center & art laboratory.

Escuela Taller Quito

Montufar N2-50 & Pereira

8-12, 13-16 Sa 9-13

Youth training center for traditional art skills with workshop for architectonical restoration.

Estamperia Quitena

Av. 24 de Mayo, junto Capilla del Robo

9-17, Sa 9-13

Printing Center dedicated to the study and development of the art of knowledge of printing, offering artists a place for production and marketing of their products.

Instituto Ecuatoriano de Cultura Hispanica

Olmedo Oe5-74 & Benalcazar

9-13

Museum with works of the Quito School of Art of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, as well as a library. The colonial mansion also serves for cultural center performances.

Jardin Botanico de Quito

Parque La Carolina at Pasaje Rumipampa & Av. Shiris

8-17, Sa Su 9-17

Different ecosystems and thematic gardens.

Casa de la Danza

Junin E2-186 & Javier Gutierrez

Dans performances and teaching.

Museo Aeronautico y del Espacio

Av. La Prensa & Carlos V. within the Airbase

8:30-12:30 13:30-15:30

Aviations and Airforce history of Quito with historical aircraft and equipment of Ecuador.

Museo Alberto Mena Caamano

Espejo & Garcia Moreno

T-Sa 9-17:30 Su 9-13:30

Wax museum with historical moments and figures in the former Quito prison. An interesting historical building with a restored part of the catacomb that traverse the Plaza de la Independencia, connecting churches and palaces.

Museo Etnografico Amazonico

Av. 12 de Octubre 23-116 & Wilson

9-13, 14-17:30

Museum of the seven Ecuadorian Amazon tribes.

Museo archaeological Antonio Santiana

Av. America & Perez Guerrero, Un. Central, Fac. de Filosofia

8-17

Oldest archaeological museum of Ecuador with 2 exposition rooms and library with publications.

Museo Camilo Egas

Venezuela N9-02 & Esmeraldas

T-F 9-13

Museum in colonial mansion dedicated to the art works of Camilo Egas.

Museo de Acuarela y Dibujo Munoz Marion

Junin E2-27

T-F 9-17

Museum dedicated to the Aquarelles and drawings by Munoz Marion

Museo de la Biblioteca Ecuatoriana Aurelio Espinoza Polit

Jose Nogales N69-22 & Francisco Arcos - Cotocollao

8-17

Library, Colonial and historical Art museum.

Museo de la Ciudad

Garcia Moreno S1-47 & Rocafuerte

T-Su 9:30 - 17:30

The former hospital with chapel offers scenes and objects of Quito's historical past, including a historical hospital scene. Restaurant and terrace.

Museo de Santo Domingo Fray Pedro Bedon

Plaza Santo Domingo

9-17 Sa 9-14

Part of the convent of the Santo Domingo Church converted into museum and courtyard.

Museo de Sitio Intinan

Av. Cordova Galarza, 200m before the roundabout at Mitad del Mundo

M-Su 9:30-17

Open air museum and other expositions of Ecuadorian tribes.

Museo de Sitio la Florida

Antoncio Costa & Roman (entrada por Av. Occidental)

W-Sa 9-16 Su 10-16

Archaeological site.

Museo de Sitio Tulipe

W-Sa 9-17

70km North of Quito, archaeological site with water works belonging to the Yumbos culture.

Chimbacalle Train Station & Museum

Quilotoa s/n & Sangay

W-Su 9-13, 14-16:30

Ecuadorian restored train station is both a museum and the departure point for the Quito - Guyaquil railroad renowned for the Devil's nose pass. The restored train service became in operation again in 2014.

Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales

Pasaje Rumipamba & Shyris in Carolina Park

8-13, 13.45-16.45 Sa 9-13

Natural history museum.

Museo etnohistorico de artesanias del Ecuador - Mindalae

Reina Victoria N26-166 & Nina

M-Sa 9-17:30

Ethnological art museum.

Museo Etnografico de la Mitad del Mundo

Av. Manuel Cordova Galarza km 13,5

M-Su 9-18

Ethnological museum showcasing the different tribes of Ecuador.

Museo Franciscano del Padre Almeida

Calicuchima 117 & Farfan

M-Sa 10-13, 14-17 Su 10-13

Fransiscaner museum in the San Diego Convent.

Museo San Francisco Fray Pedro Gocial

Plaza San Francisco

M-S 9-17:30 Su 9-13:30

Religious art museum and convent. Splendid balcony view over the San Francisco Church.

Museo Miguel de Santiago de San Agustin

Chile 924 & Guayaquil

9-12:30, 14-17 Sa 9-13

Religious art museum and convent.

Museo Monacal de Santa Catalina de Siena

Espejo Oe 1-85 & Flores

8:30-17 Sa 8:30-12:30

Religious history of the convent with historical scenes.

National Museum Ecuador

Av. Patria in Casa de Cultura

T-F 9-17, Sa-Su 10-16

Archaeological and colonial art museum with important gold collection and thematic scenes.

Museo Nacional de Medicina "Eduardo Estrella"

Sidoro s/n & Valparaiso

8:30-18 Sa 9-14

Medical museum with expositions on pre-colonial, colonial and early modern medicine.

Museo Nimismatico

Garcia Moreno & Sucre

T-F 9-17 Sa-Su 10-16

Coin and money museum.

Museo archaeological Weilbauer

Av. 12 de Octubre & Roca in Centro Cultural PUCE, 2nd floor

9-16

Archaeological museum of the Catholic University, with most artifacts donated by the Weilbauer family.

Palacio de Carondelet

Presidential Palace

T-Su 9-16. Mo change of the guard 11

Guided excursions through the Presidential Palace. Passport required for entry.

Parque archaeological & Ecologico Rumpipampa

Av. Mariana de Jesus & Occidental

W-Su 8-16:30

Archaeological site at a colonial hacienda.

Posada de las Artes Kingman

Almagro & Pradera

9-13, 15-19

Expostion dedicated to Kingman.

Vivarium de Quito

Av. Amazonas & Rumipamba in Carolina Park

T-Su 9:30-17:30

Live collection of amphibians and reptiles.

Yaku Parque Museo del Agua

El Placer OE11-271

T-Su 9-17:30

Water museum with splendid view over Quito

* Monday - Friday is not mentioned. If Monday closed: T-F. Saturday (Sa) and Sunday (Su) closed unless mentioned with different opening hours.

Professionally designed and displayed pre-Colombian history of Ecuador. Excellent bi-lingual texts!

The "gold Room" displays a collection of some of the most fascinating pre-Colombian golden jewellery and artefacts.

Particularly the coast of Ecuador has been studded with pottery.

Often layers and layers of smithereens, but wonderful in tact graves have also been found and some beautifully displayed artefacts can be found in the National Museum Ecuador. Countless artefacts are displayed in the Archaeological Room.

The National Museum of Ecuador shows some fabulous reconstructions of burial sites:

Tastefully displayed in the Gold Room (Sala del Oro), countless golden artefacts are displayed in show cases, grave reconstructions and on replica mannequins.

The Colonial Art room show cases beautiful artifacts from churches and well-to-families.

A "custodia" = Sacred receptacle for keeping a symbolic peace of holy bread or wafer.

Gold-leaf covered woodcarving of saint.

Replica on manequin of golden crown

City Museum of Quito

City Museum of Quito (Museo de la Ciudad de Quito) is located in the former Hospital San Juan de Dios. Its modest $3 entry fee is well worth your money. The museum gives a great impression about Quito's early days and its history. 

Many colonial scenes are realistically and artfully displayed in the historical building of the hospital. Well worth a visit. The hospital's beautifully restored chapel is now primarily used for musical and other living arts performances.

Casa del Alabado Museum of Pre-Columbian Art

The Casa del Alabado, Museum of Pre-Columbian Art  is a museum in a beautiful colonial mansion in old town Quito. The museum is dedicated to Ecuadorian pre-Columbian art and well worth your visit.

Carmen Alto Convent Museum

The Carmen Alto Convent has a religious museum with religious paintings and statues. Beautiful court yard of the convent.

San Francisco Convent Museum

Better designed than the previously listed museum, the San Francisco Convent Museum, to the right of the Church, also houses a collection of religious art pieces and paintings. Moreover, it gives a great view over the convent's premises with 2 beautiful patios and a unique view over the church from the otherwise inaccessible balcony.

Courtyard San Francisco Convent Museum is one of the finest courtyards of old town Quito

Exposition San Francisco Convent Museum

Sucre Museum

In 1828, the liberator and first president of Ecuador bought this house as his residence, but only lived there briefly until he was assassinated in 1830. It is a beautiful colonial mansion with a collection of weapons and wonderful furniture of the period. The house gives a splendid impression of how the upper-class and nobles of the day lived in Quito. It is managed by Ecuador's armed forces.

The Sucre Museum.

The court yard of the Sucre House.

The living room of the Sucre family.

The saddle room of the Sucre House.

Banco Central Museum

Formerly the home of the national archaeological collection including the renowned Golden Sun Mask, the beautiful neoclassical former Banco Central building is now a monetary museum, which still is worth visiting even though it no longer has the prestige of its former archaeological collection, even if if were just for seeing the building interior.

Centro Cultural Metropolitano

This free cultural center of Quito in a neo-classical building across the street from the palace has frequent expositions and is well worth walking in. It has beautiful court yards and a library.

Above left: Centro Cultural Metropolitano entrance.

Above right: Exposition hall.

Left: Court yard Centro Cultural Metropolitano.

National Cathedral Museum

The National Cathedral Museum or Museo Catedral Primada de Quito, is a must as it is the home of the most beautiful room of Quito, the Sala Capitular, which I consider the Versailles Ball Room of Quito and a must see. It further houses a smaller chapel behind the Cathedral, with the Mausoleum of Sucre and a great collection of religious are.  The entrance is little known and located at Calle Venezuela 3-117 & Espejo.

The inconspicuous entrance of the National Cathedral Museum.

Quito's "Versailles Ball Room", the Sala Capitular, the most beautiful room in Quito in one of the finest museums in Quito, the National Cathedral Museum.

Beautiful robes and miters of the early bishops of Quito are guarded in the treasure room.

The Admiral Sucre Mausoleum in the Chapel of the National Cathedral Museum.

The Chimbacalle Railroad Station used to be the Quito central railroad station during the 19th and 20th century until the railroad system fell became dysfunctional in the 80s. In 2008 the government started restoring the railroad system of Ecuador into its former glory and since 2014, it is possible again to ride the fabulous train from Quito to Guayaquil, passing through the Devil's Nose Pass.

One of the finest colonial mansions, from the street, the Maria Augusta Urritia House-Museum appears rather inconspicuous. Located on the Garcia Moreno street just past the Jesus Compania church, this museum is a must to see for a brief walk-in visit to get an impression on how the upper-class lived in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The Botanical Garden of Quito in the Carolina Park has a great selection of incredibly beautiful native flowers you will have difficulty finding in the wild. A must for every ecotourist. As they are all within 100m of each other, you may also enjoy visiting the Museum of Natural History and the amphibians and reptiles collection at the Vivarium.

A small museum in a beautiful mansion with colonial art.

Cultural Center La Casa de Juan Cafe Sibari with performing arts.

Aquarelle Museum of the work of Munoz Marion.

A shop on Plaza San Fransisco, Tianguez has a nice terrace.

The Wax Museum in Quito in the former city jail not only has historical scenes like the French Geodesian mission in wax statues, but also some very interesting catacombs that run under the Plaza Central, connecting palaces and churches.

ALL 20 MUSEUMS OF GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR

Top 35 Tourist Attractions of Guayaquil, Ecuador [2023]

All 20 Museums oF Guayaquil [Exhibits, Addresses, Public Hours]

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Museum / cultural center

Opening hours

Address

Theme

Botanical Garden

8-16

Cerro Colorado, Ciudadela Las Orquideas, Av. Francisco de Orellana

A great place to eat a sandwich while enjoying some mostly native 700 plant species in natural landscaping and and greenhouses, as well as a butterfly house.

Casa de La Cultura including the Museum of Prehistoric Art, Carlos Zevallos Menendez

Tu-Fr 10-18 Sa 9-15

Carlos Cevallos Menendez de Octubre 1200  and Avenue and Pedro Moncayo

Archaeological, historical museum with a good collection of pre-Colombian golden art artifacts as well as paintings and sculptures from the colonial period.

Friends of Sumpa Museum

Th-Tu 9-12:30 15-17:30

Via La Libertad in the town of Salinas

Archaeological museum: highlighting the Santa Helena Peninsula cultures.

Anthropological and Contemporary Art Museum of the Central Bank

8-18 Sa-Su 11-13

Jose de Antepara and 9 de Octubre

More than 50,000 archaeological artifacts, 3,000 modern art artifacts and a library of archaeological, historical and modern art.

Banco del Pacifico Museum

Tu-Sa 9-18

P. Icaza 133 and Av. Pichincha

Archaeological artifacts, as well as a permanent exhibition of 19th-century South American art.

Museo Coronel Felix Luque Plata

Tu-Sa 10-14

Plaza Colon S/N

Fire Fighters Museum.

Museo Farallon Dillon

8-13

Ballenita

Lighthouse overlooking the Guayas River.

Francisco Campos Museum

8-12 14:30 -18:30

Campos Lizardo Garcia 225 and Velez

Bae Calderon Historic Museum

Tu-Fr 9-16 Sa-Su 10-14

Canar & 5 de Junio

A floating museum of the Ecuadorian Navy.

Museo Miniatura

Malecon Simon Bolivar

Scenes in miniature about the history of Guayaquil.

Guayaquil in History Miniature Museum

Malecon boulevard

Historic scenes of Guayaquil.

Municipal Museum of Guayaquil

9-12 15-18

Sucre & Chile

Exhibits of, ethnology,  Archeology, historic documents, photographs and personal objects of people playing a role in the independence of the city at the beginning of 19th century.

Popular Music Museum of Guayaquil, Julio Jaramillo

Bottom of Santa Ana Hill

Popular music museum.

Beer Museum

Bottom of Santa Ana Hill

The history of beer making.

Footbal Museum

Bottom of Santa Ana Hill

Highlighting  the football teams of Guayaquil.

Admiral Illingworth Marine Museum

8-12:30 14-16

Naval Base, Avenida 25 de Julio y El Tiburon

The Gunboat Calderon with which Captain Rafael Moran Valverde, fought in the battle of Jambeli.

Contemporary Marine Museum

8-12:30 14-16

Marine instruments, weapons, scale models, pictures and  documents showcasing the Navy since 1941.

Presley Norton Museum

Tu-Sa 9-17

9 de Octubre and Carchi

Archaeological museum about the "Life and Customs of the Settlers of Ancient Ecuador". The objects belong to the periods; Formative (4200 BC - 500 BC), Regional Development (500 BC - 500 AD) and Integration (500 AD - 1530 AD).

Nahim Isaias Museum

Mo-Sa 10-17

Clemente Ballen and Pichincha 2nd floor

Paintings, sculptures and other artifacts from the 15 to the 18 hundreds.

Historic Park

We-Su 9AM -16:30PM

Av Rio Esmeraldas, Guayaquil 092301, Ecuador

Guayaquil Open Air museum where important historical buildings of the 19th century have been rebuilt after removal brick by brick. Great native species zoo in a natural mangrove setting.

El Mongote Real Alto Museum

Su-Fr 9-17 Su 9-16

Carretera to San Linas Chanduy

Archaeological site museum of the real dig.

Fridays y Saturday: 9:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Domingo: 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Botanical Garden, Guayaquil

Presley Norton Museum

Nahim Isaias Museum

Calder? Naval ship

Casa de Cultura Guayaquil

Fire Fighters Museum

Museo Antropologico

Popular Music Museum

Beer Museum

Museum of Naval History

Archaeological pottery

Historical Park

ALL 20 CUENCA MUSEUMS, PUMAPUNGO & RUINS [2023]

ALL 20 MUSEUMS IN CUENCA [EXHIBITS, ADDRESSES, PUBLIC HOURS]

Museums in Cuenca with the opening hours, the addresses and the themes. You will find photographs of each one of them to give you an impression of each Museum in Cuenca

Museum / cultural center

Opening hours

Address

Theme

Casa de la Cultura, Nucleo del Azuay

M-Su 8-18

Sucre and Benigno Malo

Modern and historical art.

Catedral El Sagrario, Museo de Arte Religiosa

Mariscal Sucre y Luis Cordero

After the construction of the Inmaculate Conception Cathedral the El Sagrado Cathedral was no longer used and is now a museum for religious art.

Museo Arqueologico de las Culturas Aborigenes

8:30-18 Sa 9013

Calle Larga 5-24 & Hermano Miguel

Pre-Columbian and recent Indigenous objects.

Museo Arqueologico Universitario

8:30-12 14:30-18

Honorato Loyola 2-42 y Agustin Cueva

Some 5000 pre-Colombian items in 4 expositions representing important archaeological eras.

Museo Arqueologico Lopez Abad

9-17

Av. Jaime Roldon, 150m before the roundabout

2000+ archaeological items.

Museum Pumapungo

&

Pumapungo Ruins

8-18 Sa 8-13

Calle Larga & Av. Huayna Capac

Exposition: archaeology of the Canaris and Incas, ethnographic exposition of the indian cultures of Ecuador, monetary exposition and religious and colonial art exposition of the eighteenth and nineteenth century. The Pumapungo Museum also includes the Pumapungo Ruins site.

Museo de la Identidad Canari

9-18 Sa 9-13:30

Presidente Cordova 6-26 & Borrero

500 pre-Columbian archaeological items of the Canari, Inca and other cultures.

Museo del Centro Interamericano de Artes Populares CIDAP

9:30-3 14-18

Hermano Miguel 3-23 & La Escalinata

More than 7000 modern art items from Latin America.

Museo de Esqueletologia, Doctor Gabriel Moscoso

10-13 16-19 Sa 10-14

Bolivar 6-57 & Borrero

Collection of 150+ skeletons from the 19th century.

Museo Manuel Agustin Landivar

8-13 5-18

Calle Larga 2-23 & Manuel Vega

Archaeoligical museum with 20,000+ objects.

Museo de Geologia Marco Tulio Erazo Vallejo

Museo de la Medicina Guillermo Aguilar Maldonado

8:30-12 13:30-17

Av. 12 de Abril

Collection of historical medical and surgery tools

Museo de los Metales

10-12 15-17

Alfonso Moreno Mora 1-51 & Av. Solano

Pre-inca metal objects.

Museo del Monasterio de las Conceptas

9-13 15-18, Sa 10-13

Hermano Miguel 6-33, & Juan Jaramillo

Religious art in the former infirmary of the monastery dedicated to the Virgin Maria.

Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno Luis Crespo Ordonez

8:30- 3 3-18:30 Sa 10-13

Sucre 1527 & Coronel Talbot

Museum of Modern Art in the restored historical building Casa Temperancia, a recovery center for alcoholics before becoming a prison.

Museo de Remigio Crespo Toral

8:30 - 13 15-18:30

707 Calle Larga and Borrero

8000 archaeological, historical and art objects, including Canar and Chordeleg gold items as well as pre-Colombian ceramics. Furthermore a collection of colonial paintings and sculptures and religious art.

Museo de Ciencias Naturales Benigno Malo

13:30-18

Av. Fray Vicente Solano 2-58

Natural history museum with a considerable collection of animals.

Museo del Sombrero de Paja Toquilla

Shopping hours

Calle Larga 10-41

The Rafael Paredes Panama Hat shop has historical Panama hat production items as well as a production workshop where you can see panama hats being produced by the workers. Probably one of your best opportunities to buy a Panama hat from an enormous collection of traditional and creative modern models for men, women and children

Pumapungo Museum

You can't visit Cuenca without going to the Pumapungo Museum and the Banco Central Museum which also is home to the Pumapungo Ruins site, the ancient pre-Colombian city on which Cuenca was built. The museum itself showcases the archaeology of the Canaris and Incas, an ethnographic exposition of the Indian cultures of Ecuador, a monetary exposition and religious and colonial art exposition of the eighteenth and nineteenth century.

Panama hat museum and workshop Paredes Roldon.

Museum of Modern Art.

Archaeological Museum of Indigenous Art with more than 5000 objects of pre-Columbian and recent historical periods.

Las Conceptas is a little museum in a beautiful colonial house, mostly dedicated to colonial and religious art.

Medical Museum.

Crespo Toral Museum

Modern Art Museum

Cidap Museum

On Galapagos there is the Charles Darwin Research Station.

MUSEUMS OF THE ORIENTE

1. Museo CICAME, el Museo del Centro de Investigaciones Culturales de la Amazonía Ecuatoriana or Museo Arqueológico Centro Cultural Orellana: Impressive government museum about the archeology and ethnology of the Oriente located in Coca, 9 de Octubre y Eugenio Espejo, Malecón de Coca.

2. Museo Étnico y Arqueológico de Puyo: Archeology and Ethnology of the 7 ethnic tribes of the Pataza Province. Calle 09 de Octubre, Puyo.

3. Nuestra Senora del Agua Santa Church Museum: A general museum at the second floor of the monastery's court yard, featuring rooms with ethnological, religious, historical, biological, and other expositions. While very amateurish in its presentation, it still is very interesting as a regional museum  - particularly the collection of indigenous pottery is interesting.

4. Museo del Colegio de Bachillerato Ciudad de Loyola: Archeological museum in the basement of the high school.

5. Museo de Zumba: Propiedad de Don Noé Bermeo: Small museum of the stone age Bracamoros culture dating back several thousands of years.

6. Jardín Botánico las Orquideas: Road to San Jacinto, Barrio Los Ángeles 3 Km. South East of Puyo. Flora of Ecuador's Amazon region and wild animal rescue center.

Museums left to right: Museo Arqueológico Centro Cultural Orellana in Coca;  Nuestra Senora del Agua Santa Church Museum.

Museums and Botanical garden, left to right: Zumba Museum; Puyo Museum, Jardín Botánico las Orquideas.

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While museums give you an impression of the fabulous history of Ecuador and its many art expressions, one should not forget that there still is an incredible amount of living art in Ecuador, which you should not forget to visit. Read more: Traditional Art Markets in Ecuador.

MUSEUMS OF ECUADOR