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Art Museums |
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 Fine
Arts Museum
Established in Caracas on February 20,
1938, the Fine Arts Museum (Museo de Bellas
Artes) has a permanent collection, which
pieces have been classified in the following
categories: European, medieval and modern art,
European and North American contemporary art,
Cubism and similar trends, Latin American art (paintings
and sculptures), Drawings and Illustrations,
“José R. Urbaneja Achelpohl” Ceramics and
Egyptian art
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The museum’s permanent
collection also has two exhibits of applied arts,
mainly comprised of ceramics, which were donated
one of them by Henrique Otero Vizcarrondo, in
1951, and the other by the heirs os José R.
Urbaneja Achelpohl, in the year 1954.
Tuesday to Sunday: From 9 am to 12 noon and from
2 pm to 5 pm.
 National
Art Gallery
For 24 years, this museum has been dedicated to
the dissemination and preservation of Venezuelan
art of all times. Its collection includes over
5,000 art works, covering more than four
centuries of Venezuelan plastic art history.
The National Art Gallery
was created in 1976. Its current location in the
Museums Square (Plaza Los Museos), is evidence
of the creative capacity of Venezuela’s chief
personality in 20th Century architecture, Carlos
Raúl Villanueva, who designed this historical
building. It was only in 1990 when the National
Art Gallery was converted into a legal entity
known as the Venezuelan State Foundation.
In addition to the
exhibitions it holds, which include works from
the permanent collection, the National Art
Gallery features temporary displays of works
from the country’s most important public and
private collections. Such displays cover from
aesthetic expressions of the country’s most
remote past, to the most popular illustrations
of contemporary art.
 La
Estancia Art Center
This is an initiative fitting within Venezuela’s
Petroleum Cultural Action, which aim is to act
as a bridge between sectors such as industry,
technology, culture and community. This Art
Center was conceived to encourage creativity,
knowledge and appreciation in the fields of
design and photography.
It is located in Urbanización La Floresta,
Municipality of Chacao, in the State of Miranda,
in the heart of Caracas’ Metropolitan Area,
sitting in a 35.000 square meter area.
As a contribution to the community, the Art
Center encourages design and photographs
exhibits. To fulfill its pedagogical and
development duties, the Center plans exhibits
and organizes a series of simultaneous events,
conferences, seminars, documentary movies,
contests, concerts and the operation of the
Information Center (CILE), which is specialized
and fitted with modern technology, providing
information to researchers, teachers and
students of the area.
Visiting Hours:
General Public: Tuesdays and Thursdays, from
9:00 am to 3:30 pm (continuous)
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Science and Technology Museums |
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 Natural
Science Museum
This museum was
designed by Architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva and
it opened up in 1940. The museum has several
permanent exhibits, including works selected
from the museum’s Pre-Hispanic Archaeology
collection (15.000 B.C. - 1.500 A.C.).
Towards the right
section of the museum there is a beautiful
permanent exhibit of Venezuela’s birds, arranged
in groups of species representative of each of
the natural regions of the country: plains,
shores and mountains.
The Science Museum is
located in the Fine Arts Museums Square, next to
the Caracas’ Ateneo, a rendez-vous to prominent
figures of the Venezuelan art world and where
the city’s cultural trends come to life.
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History Museums |
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 Military
History Museum
It was built to serve as the Military Academy,
until 1950, when it came to house the Ministry
of Defense, up to 1981, when it was declared a
Military History Museum. The
museum is located in La Planicie, 23 de Enero.
Quinta
Anauco
The long and illustrious line of marquises who
lived in Quinta Anauco finally ended with the
death of the last Marquis del Toro de Caracas,
in 1837.
 This
enchanted country house also welcomed Liberator
Simón Bolívar, during his last visit to Caracas,
and it was the venue for his farewell as well.
Now, Quinta Anauco remains as an authentic
Colonial Museum in the capital. This excellent
sample of domestic architecture of the period
depicts paintings, furniture and religious
objects that still maintain the aristocratic
seal of the criollo ancestors who once
lived there.
Tuesday to Saturday:
From 9 am to 11 am and from 2 pm to 4 pm.
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