I thought this was a very interesting tour. Our guide was, besides very stilish, very enthousiastic and proud to tell us the story of Potosi; really made my day. The exhibition gives a good insight in the history of Potosi and their role in silver worldwide.Note: tours only depart at fixed times. we had a english tour at 3.30pm; not sure about the other departures.
We went there with kids ranging from 4-11 and where the older ones enjoyed it, the tour was too long for our youngest and one of the rooms with paintings was definitely not for children (very graphic violent at by a famous local artist that are interesting for adults but not for kids).For adults the tour is very interesting and gives insights into the history of Potosi.
Originally an historic mint, from 1930 this building has operated as a museum, one of the most important in Bolivia. It also keeps one of the largest art collections in Potosi, particularly of colonial paintings, and has many historical archives. The displays of equipment used to create the historic coins are fascinating, especially machines and techniques developed by Leonard de Vinci. The tour guide helped to make our visit especially interesting.
Only the building itself if very nice to walk around in. Three different kind s of stone in the wall, a beautifull wooden floor, amassing ceilings. The content is also very interesting, the machines used to make coins. The parts with paintings and silver things is less but that might be just me. Worth the money!
This place was my favorite part of Potosi. I really enjoyed the tour and seeing all the exhibitions of the museum.This was great to learn more about Bolivia and it's history. This is a place you must visit while visiting Potosi.
I really liked the Moneda in Potosi. You can only get in by a guided tour and I really think it was worth it! You learn a lot about the history of Potosi, the mountain, silver, history of all money&coins and slavery. I get bored at museums quickly, but this one defenitely not! I can recommend it to anybody of any age! Tours also in English.
Having asked a number of fellow travellers about their experiences in Potosi, we chose to take the guided tour of the Mint rather than go down the mines. Think it was a good call, (for me at least). The museum is a cut above most that we visited in South America, the presentation is excellent and the guided tour full of interesting detail about the history of Potosi. Only regret was that by the time we finished the tour, the ticket office at the entrance had closed, so I wasn't able to buy the small book about the museum.
Located in the central district and offering an English speaking tour, this is an interesting way to spend a couple of hours.
First of all I think its ridiculous to start out discriminating the price according to wether you're Bolivian or foreigner ( foreigners pay 4 times more) and to add to that if you want to take pictures you have to pay more. This later is followed by an ambience were theres guys controling whis taking pictures. We asked for a Spanish Tour and started with around 20 people, after 5 minutes another 20 peolpe were added. It was Way too many people for a guide that spoke with a very closed accent and was hard to hear ( i clarify that spanish is our native language) Add to that the 40 people walking on beautiful but squeeky floors. Its a long tour and with all this we were praying for the end to come
Unique visit to understand Potosi history and how important the place was for Spanish royalty. Some impressive pieces ( e.g. Machines covering the whole silver coin fabrication, where you notice the Spanish had invented the car differential around 1600) and very instructive (without the comments most of the pieces would not make sense).Don't be afraid of the mandatory guided tour. It's 90 minutes but you don't see the time pass. Our French-speaking guide was very good.If you visit in the winter, make sure to dress warmly, it's pretty cold in there