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What to do and see in Ecuador, Ecuador: The Best Museums
Coordinates: 2°00′S 77°30′W / 2.000°S 77.500°W / -2.000; -77.500
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1. Museo Templo del Sol Pintor Ortega Maila
Overall Ratings
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. LOV Galeria de arte . enmarcaciones
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
We are a special place dedicated to art and decoration. Our specialty is framed art and custom picture framing with new and interesting designs and ideas.
3. Museo de Arte Religioso de la Concepcion
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5.0 based on 8 reviews
Museum of religious art in La Concepción, it has 15 rooms with a permanent collection of more than 200 pieces, art from the famous Quito school of the colonial and republican times, this museum is suitable in the cells or dormitories of the nuns conceptas, nuns of cloister, between which they envelop stories of importance for the Ecuador
4. Insomnia La Casa del Terror
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5.0 based on 125 reviews
The fearless moments in your life , adrenaline and emotions
5. Mindo Carpentry
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5.0 based on 6 reviews
Mindo Carpentry is a family-run sustainable woodshop. Using locally-sourced wood, they make beautiful items which make the perfect present or souvenir from your trip to Mindo.
6. 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”!
7. Casa Museo Guayasamin
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4.5 based on 1,254 reviews
This museum features exhibits related to the Ecuadorian contemporary artist Oswaldo Guayasamín including posters, signed prints and colonial religious art.
Reviewed By tortuga1959 - Bern, Switzerland
A great museum with a very interesting history behind. Guaysamin was a very special artist with huge talent.
8. Museo Nicolas Herrera
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4.5 based on 2 reviews
9. Intinan Museum
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4.5 based on 2,412 reviews
Located close to the Equator Monument, this onsite museum features interactive exhibits on how the Incas determined the middle of the earth, plus interesting science experiments such as balancing an egg on a nail and the affects of the Coriolis force on earth.
Reviewed By carolelovestravel - Ottawa, Canada
From the Main Mitad del Mundo monument, we walk about 400 meters on the main road and turn onto a sandy entrance to what appears a little sketchy. We continue to find a small entrance into a great venue. We are greeted by someone who guides us to an outdoor seating area where we wait for a fee minutes. Soon a guide introduces herself and she proceeds to take us through various exhibits which include head shrinking rituals, Amazon tribes people, ancient art, artifacts and the must see and do Equator line experiments where the question of the direction water drains north vs south of the equator is finally answered! Balance an egg, test your strength and stand on the actual GPS confirmed Equator line. A great, informative, fun and hands on experience.
10. 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.
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