ethnographic and folklore museum

GumnaJaane

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.

marcoziegler

A decent museum, lovely to be in. Great potential for Spanish speaking people. With my poor Spanish vocabulary I just could get an impression about the shown culture. Anyway it's worth to go there.

Smix

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!

igorc602

It´s free and have a have a realy interesting mask collection. It´s asmall museum but highly recommended,

877angep

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!

orifa

This museum is about the folklore costumes of the Incas. The rooms are a bit dark, so everything is even scarier! I recommend going and ask for a guided tour. So many interesting anecdotes on the rituals and dances and beautiful masks that are exposed here.

corgorauuk

The textiles produced here are by various ethnic groups. The work is outstanding and are works of art in themselves.

wanderlustmel

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.

IsaMooreaW

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

JustinW623

Well laid out interesting museum. Not all of it to my taste and interest but worth visiting to understand the local indigenous people and their arts better.

GaborLeo

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.

PatriciaC812

Very good display of masks, with interesting anthropological explanations of their significance. The exhibit of the native local group upstairs is also worth seeing.

DavidGHooper

This is worth a visit. If anything it just shows how much of the tunic culture was destroyed by the Spanish. Dancing was v basic and I am sure in days pre Europeans is was much more spectacular. Cloth is a bit special.

Yvonnenetball

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.

MaryBethDavis

If you appreciate textiles and history you shouldn't miss this museum. Incredible skills and well displayed artifacts. There are guides in English as well as Espanol.