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Mindalae Museum
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Travellers to Quito and Ecuador are often bowled over by the huge range of handicrafts on sale. Everywhere you look, it seems, there are weavings, textiles, ceramics, silver, gold, vegetable ivory and wood fashioned into the most appealing crafts and souvenirs.
The Mindalae Museum in Quito allows visitors to get a feel for this impressive output all under one roof. The museum aims to educate visitors on the historic, cultural and artistic background of Ecuador’s amazing crafts production, as well as encouraging the revaluation of these popular creative expressions.
The museum – set over five floors and housed in a specially-built structure, striking for its bold lines and contemporary feel – takes visitors on a cultural journey through the indigenous highland Indian, Amazonian Indian, Afro-Ecuadorian and ‘montubian’ (coastal) worlds. It also has an excellent fair-trade shop.
The Mindalae Museum in Quito allows visitors to get a feel for this impressive output all under one roof. The museum aims to educate visitors on the historic, cultural and artistic background of Ecuador’s amazing crafts production, as well as encouraging the revaluation of these popular creative expressions.
The museum – set over five floors and housed in a specially-built structure, striking for its bold lines and contemporary feel – takes visitors on a cultural journey through the indigenous highland Indian, Amazonian Indian, Afro-Ecuadorian and ‘montubian’ (coastal) worlds. It also has an excellent fair-trade shop.
Useful Information
Hours: monday to saturday from 09h00 to 18h00, sundays from 10h00 to 17h00
Address: Reina Victoria N26-166 y la Nina
Phone Number: (593 2) 2230 609
Prices: 3USD adultos, 1.50USD niños
