This museum attracts many visitors because it's free of charge. I was especially impressed by the mask exposition, showing colorful masks from different regions of Bolivia
Visited on the last Museums' Night, in late October 2013, and it was very well frequented by locals. It is really all sorts - on the ground floor, i saw an exhibition of modern Bolivian art, mostly paintings. Then we were shown a fine old large painting of the historic panorama of the silver mining town of Potosi, and a most excellent series of drawing of a modern Don Quijote story. Upstairs there was a fine colleciton of old Andean artefacts, mostly pottery - and any Europeam museum would jump with joy to be able to display them. There are mummies, distorted skulls and puppets with folk clothes, region-by-region. Well worth a visit.
It´s free and have a have a realy interesting mask collection. It´s asmall museum but highly recommended,
Very good display of masks, with interesting anthropological explanations of their significance. The exhibit of the native local group upstairs is also worth seeing.
This is a very tiny museum, for me nothing really special but the room with the 'mascaras' is really amazing. Very professional, beautiful lighting of the separate items. Loved it! Extra nice: it's free of charge!
All information is in Spanish so be prepared to just enjoy the pictures and masks and figures without information if you don't speak/read Spanish. Nonetheless, pretty interesting. Best of all, it's free, so feel free to break it up into smaller chunks and slowly read/decipher the texts.Free lockers provided and no photography allowed.
Ok, this museum is small but its worth a visit as the collection of masks is fantastic. Sadly you can't take photos and there are no postcards to buy of the exhibits but I guess that's because the Bolivians still have some catching up to do in maximising the tourist market.
The textiles produced here are by various ethnic groups. The work is outstanding and are works of art in themselves.
First of all, this lovely little museum is free - and definitely worth a visit! The masks display is impressive and informative, if a little creepy. I also really enjoyed the display on the Uro people, a small ethnic group living in the Bolivia highlands. The building itself is a lovely old colonial building and fun to walk around.
Small, dark and well-laid out. The exhibits are in amazing condition, although descriptions are only in Spanish. I went with my Spanish teacher so no issues for me.It's free to get in, so definitely worth a look. I had no idea that Carnival was celebrated so widely in South America!