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5 Specialty Museums in Merida That You Shouldn't Miss
In this university town in western Venezuela, it's possible to relax in a park honoring Beethoven, sample more than 800 flavors of ice cream in a Guinness-record-holding shop and ascend into the surrounding snow-capped Andes mountains via the world's longest and highest cable car. The historic downtown, centered on Plaza Bolivar, contains an impressive church inspired by Spain's Toledo Cathedral. Adventure tour companies run paragliding, mountain biking and trekking excursions outside the city.
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1. Museo-Antiguedades La Loca Luz Caraballo
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Visitors to the Monumento-Parque La Loca Luz Caraballo (Mad Luz Caballo Memorial Park) should visit the nearby museum dedicated to this legendary personality. As indicated on a sign at the entrance, the "peroles" or possessions of La Loca herself are on display, along with an exhibition of indigenous and colonial art as well as the chance to "listen to some worn-out music". Also onsale there are objects of antiquity as souvenirs, and delicious locally produced blackberry wine and smoked cheese.
2. Museo de los Antanos de Willmer
3. Fundacion Museo Del Juguete Mario Calderon
4. Museo de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Merida
5. Museo Mariano Picon Salas
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