Location: San Salvador
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What to do and see in San Salvador, San Salvador Department: The Best Museums
El Salvador's capital, San Salvador, is a modern city of wide boulevards and narrow streets, outdoor markets, government buildings, high-rises, monuments, an exuberant nightlife, museums and other cultural institutions. And all set against the backdrop of San Salvador volcano. The city is surrounded by shantytowns as well as affluent suburbs with restaurants and large shopping malls. Peaceful settings such as the botanic garden of Parque Cuscutlan provide a break from the city's hectic pace.
Restaurants in San Salvador
1. La Piskucha
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5.0 based on 7 reviews
La Piskucha is born as an initiative to give promotion to emerging artisans in El Salvador. We have modern and contemporary handicrafts from different regions inside the country, with which we are able to offer our clients a more extent variety of materials and techniques.
2. El Arbol de Dios
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4.5 based on 38 reviews
The work of Fernando Llort, one of El Salvador's most famous artists, is on display and for sale.
Reviewed By Yolipdx - Portland, United States
Visited last month with my family. El Árbol de Dios is an institute, gallery and gift shop. We had the pleasure of speaking with the artist and watching them work during our visit. The gallery displays the most beautiful work and many pieces are very affordable, too. We left very impressed and happy with the entire experience.
3. Centro Monsenor Romero
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4.5 based on 52 reviews
4. Museo de Arte de El Salvador
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4.5 based on 162 reviews
Reviewed By Muggle2000 - London, Canada
Small but rich in culture. We enjoyed the galleries and exhibitions. The entrance fee was less than $3.00 which covered the entire museum. There is a restaurant in the premises as well, can't comment on that as we didn't actually go in. There's also a small gift shop with souvenirs, some cheaper than others. The exhibitions were full of culture and history, with local artists work. The civil war years exhibition was filled with nostalgia and a sense of sadness, part of our history. A small suggestion : it would be nice to see a description in other languages for those whose Spanish is not their mother tongue, just so that they could learn too ????... Other that, a wonderful place, loved it...
5. Tin Marin Children's Museum
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4.5 based on 55 reviews
6. Museo Nacional de Antropologia
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4.5 based on 146 reviews
Reviewed By U9651UFriccardoc - Stuttgart, Germany
A very pleasant surprise! This museum is a real jewel in San Salvador. You have a very interesting collection of precolombian artifacts as well as colonial period. Most of the explanations are in spanish and english. Also very interesting the room dedicated to the development of agriculture. Very touching the part dedicated to the civil war. A special thanks to the free guide Adelina who proved to be very professional and prepared on the history of El Salvador. Besides, being a disabled person I really appreciated the barrier-free museum. The only negative point the absence of books about the museum. In any case thumbs up!
7. Museum of the Word and Image
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4.5 based on 48 reviews
Reviewed By mikebrownnz - Cardiff, United Kingdom
This small inexpensive museum is run by a not for profit foundation called MUPI dedicated to the investigation, rescue, preservation and dissemination of the historical and cultural heritage of El Salvador. As well as changing exhibitions, this museum has permanent exhibitions focusing on how El Salvador was changed by the events of 1932 and 1981 and on the life of Oscar Romero, who was canonized by Pope Francis in 2018 as El Salvador's first saint, who was assassinated on a chapel altar in 1980 and was proclaimed a martyr.
8. Museo del Ferrocarril y Parque Tematico
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4.5 based on 20 reviews
9. Military Museum El Zapote Barracks
10. Museo y Biblioteca Luis Alfaro Duran
The purpose of the Museum and Library is to safeguard the history of the currency and give a cultural contribution to society with the exhibition of the collection of bills, coins, books, equipment, documents and photographs that show the economic history and evolution of the currency in El Salvador.
