museo del banco central del ecuador ibarra

In about 2hours inside & out of this museum I received a great history lesson that tied many things together about Ecuador-only about 40% of the exhibits have English conversions but you get a great feel for culture & traditions as well as geography & customs. It really helped me understand a lot about this beautiful country-It was free on the day we attendedbut I would have happily paid-save an equal amount of time for the outside grounds-

This museum was one of the best I have ever visited. Through dioramas it shows how the first Ecuadorians lived in caves along the ocean and from there became more sophisticated with farming and forming communities. Then came the Incas to form larger areas. The people prospered and mined gold, silver, precious jewels. This museum has it all from pre-Columbian days until their freedom was won from France in 1839.

With my friends visited Banco Central Museum where learned many things about the Ecuadorian and South America History and Culture

Fantastic special exhibit of painted pre-columbian bowels, great permanent exhibit. Super staff. English signage.

This small museum has a nice collection of local artifacts dating back thousands of year, and explains the local history in both English and Spanish. The guards at the door asked to keep my passport while I was in the museum.

Note that at time of writing it is housed in the Casa de la Cultura!The perhaps temporary location of the collection is a bit tricky to find - it is not well signposted if signposted at all.It was free entry and central, so easy to visit, and worthwhile too. There is a large room with information on and objects from the last 20,000 years or so. It was easy to access (information given in English and Spanish) and there were enough objects (tools, pottery, clay items used in ceremonies, jewellery) to give a good impression of the time but not too much so that it was very manageable and could be covered in 40 minutes. There was also a cartoon video, probably aimed at kids (though I liked it!). There were two rooms of religious artwork (mainly paintings) from about the 16th to 18th centuries which, coming from Europe, perhaps in any case, was not very impressive to me.There was a large space of contemporary art which seemed to consist almost entirely of two-tone prints. There were nice pieces but I was not enthralled. This.may have been a temporary exhibition.I believe there was a temporary photography exhibition on as well, but I could not find my way into this, and the sun was beckoning. A man at the information desk spoke English and was friendly, and was giving a tour in Spanish.

Muito legal eese museu. Mostra a história da moeda equatoriana, o sucre, além de outras épocas importantes da evolução econômica do Equador

Muy instructivo e histórico este museo. Cuenta con una gran colección de piezas precolombinas, con descripciones en inglés y español. El sótano es la parte más bonita, permite un acercamiento a la cosmovisión de las culturas indígenas ecuatorianas. Se hace patente el parecido con la cultura del sur de Colombia (Nariño). RecomendadoA uno como extranjero le retienen el documento de identidad/pasaporte en el entrada y a la salida se lo devuelven. No son permitidas las fotos de las piezas

El Museo del Banco Central del Ecuador es muy grande y bonito, es para estar mucho tiempo recorriendolo. Tiene piezas de alto valor arquiologico y arte colonial. Es una pena que no se puede sacar fotos (sin flash, logicamente)Por otro lado, en la capital (Quito) el Museo del Banco Central es uno de los mas grandes y bonitos de américa (junto al Antropologico de Mexico DF y al Metropolitano de N.York.

Es un museo arqueológico regional que contiene más de 350 piezas originales pertenecientes a los períodos pre-cerámico, formativo, desarrollo regional, integración e inca. Poseen un programa educativo para todo tipo de visitantes.Recientemente reabrieron la sala de arte colonial "Enigmas", con piezas originales de la Escuela Quiteña.Además si deseas comprar recuerdos o productos culturales en este Museo lo puedes hacer, hay libros, hay monedas, hay reproducciones de piezas arqueológicas, postales, etc.Tienen guías de museo muy amables. No te lo puedes perder, si visitas Ibarra debes visitar su museo, el más importante de la Región.Está abierto de Lunes a Sábado.