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Top 10 History Museums in Quito, Pichincha Province
With a rich pre-Colombian history, Ecuador's capital was founded on the ruins of an Incan city but offers everything a modern traveler might need. It remains the least-altered historic center in Latin America and has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Quito’s important sites include baroque gems like San Francisco and Santo Domingo monasteries, as well as La Compañía church and college. This huge city sprawls across a breathtaking Andean valley surrounded by volcanic peaks.
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1. Museo Templo del Sol Pintor Ortega Maila
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5.0 based on 7,730 reviews
The Temple of the Sun Temple Painter Ortega Maila is a masterpiece built by the indigenous painter and sculptor Ortega Maila after a great research of design and ancestral architecture to maintain his art and culture of the Andes. The tour lasts approximately 1 hour with a guide. The tour includes an aromatherapy session and coca leaf tea courtesy of the museum.
Reviewed By I2924GCdanielt - Prague, Czech Republic
Great place to visit, within the hour tour you can experience aromatherapy, coca tea, and view world-wide class paints.
2. Agave Spirit
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
The first Museum - Factory and Distillery in Ecuador, created in honor of the culture of Andean agave; Here you will find knowledge, uses, tools, agave garden, tastings and all the magic of this ancestral Ecuadorian tradition
3. National Museum of Ecuador
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4.5 based on 438 reviews
The National Museum recognizes the multiplicity of identities of Ecuadorian society, its permanent transformation and mobility, and seeks to establish itself as a space for participation, dialogue, confrontation and representation in the public sphere. For this end, the Museum establishes a new model of relationship with the public, citizens and the community, that goes beyond specialized audiences.
Reviewed By georgesB4777WE - Miami Beach, United States
The National Museum - NaMu - is now open after a recent renovation and is a not to be missed visit. It is one of the museums located in the Casa de la Cultura (the circular modern building in Arbolito Park) and admission is free. It gives an oversight of the history of Ecuador from pre-Colombian to the modern era. The narratives and information are also in English and are informative. Very interesting ancient artifacts, historical timelines and a marvelous gold exhibition of relics and masks on the ground floor. On the second and third floors there are also thematic exhibits on Ecuador’s history, economy, society, and culture. Once again, nice and informative exhibits, including some modern art. I would allocate at least three hours for this visit. This is a “must see”!
4. Museum of Maria Augusta Urrutia (La Casa Museo Maria Augusta Urrutia)
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4.5 based on 113 reviews
This impressive museum houses paintings by Victor Mideros and fine displays of French porcelain, silver dinnerware and colonial art.
Reviewed By Sedge2013 - Winchester, United Kingdom
We loved the place real insight into visionary’s take on providing for the poor . Also an insight into wealthy woman’s home . Took some finding but the bathroom is worth it !
5. Museo Jacinto Jijon y Caamano
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4.5 based on 6 reviews
Museum features the personal collection of Jacinto Jijon y Caamano, a 20th-century archaeologist, plus excellent works of modern and colonial art.
6. Museo de la Ciudad
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4.5 based on 338 reviews
Reviewed By kevinsbastianp - Carchi Province, Ecuador
This museum is in the historic center of Quito, before it was an old hospital, it was the first hospital in the Royal Audience of Quito, it has its own church, it is small and has gold and silver ornaments. The rate is cheap, it is a great museum with rooms dedicated to a pre-colonial life, colonial and when Quito was inhabited by nomadic communities before the Inca empire. Inside the museum there is area dedicated plants and animals. You can see old picture, artworks with stones and cow bones, also armor and old guns. I recommend visited because you learned about much old Quito.
7. Abya-Yala Museum
8. Museo del Carmen Alto
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4.5 based on 19 reviews
Reviewed By 617gregoryw - Bowling Green, United States
Stopped in to look at the architecture and artwork. Got lots of attention from the staff, and this religious art museum cost nearly nothing.
9. Museo Amazonico
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4.0 based on 6 reviews
This small museum features Indian artifacts collected by missionaries in the Amazon and permanent exhibits that portray their society in the jungle.
10. Weilbauer Museum (Museo Arqueologico Weilbauer)
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4.0 based on 4 reviews
This archaeology museum features exhibits of pre-Columbian ceramics and other artifacts.
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