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List Of Museums In Bolivia
This is a list of museums in Bolivia. Museums in La Paz File:Inside San-Francisco Bolivia 02.jpg, Museo San Francisco Cultural Center File:Musef (Interior).jpg, National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore File:Bolivia-23 - National Museum of Archaeology (2218100842).jpg, Object in the National Museum of Archaeology File:Mural Museo de la Revolución Nacional 22.jpg, Mural in the Museo de la Revolución Nacional File:Coca_museum.jpg, Coca Museum * National Museum of Archaeology (Bolivia) * National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore * Museo del Litoral Boliviano * Museo de la Revolución Nacional * Museo Tambo Quirquincho * Casa de Murillo, La Paz * Museo San Francisco Cultural Center * National Museum of Art, Bolivia * Museum of Musical instruments * Natural History Museum of Bolivia * Coca Museum * Museo de Metales Preciosos (Museo del Oro) * Museo Costumbrista Juan de Vargas * Bolivian Drink Museum Museums in Sucre * House of Liberty Museum * Military Historic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museo San Francisco Cultural Center
The Museo San Francisco Cultural Center is a cultural institution located in La Paz city, Bolivia. It was established with the aim of preserving and conserving the arts and memories related to events and historic moments of the city of La Paz in Bolivia, because the history of the convent and the Basilica of San Francisco, La Paz, Bolivia, Basilica of San Francisco that houses the museum is closely related to the history of this city.Museo de San Francisco una mirada al pasado'', Newspaper ''El Cambio'', ''7 días'' Magazine. 25 September 2011. Retrieved June 2013 The building at the banks of the Choqueyapu river gave rise to the so-called ''Barrio de los Indios'' (Indian district) which was divided by the river of the main town square and the area occupied by the settlers. The construction of the current Basilica of San Francisco, La Paz, Bolivia, Basilica of San Francisco was performed between 1743 and 1744, ending completely in 1753 with the closure and the transept dome roo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Alto
El Alto (Spanish for "The Heights") is the second-largest city in Bolivia, located adjacent to La Paz in Pedro Domingo Murillo Province on the Altiplano highlands. El Alto is today one of Bolivia's fastest-growing urban centers, with an estimated population of 943,558 in 2020. It is also the highest major city in the world, with an average elevation of . The El Alto–La Paz metropolitan area, formed by La Paz, El Alto, Achocalla, Viacha, and Mecapaca, constitutes the most populous urban area of Bolivia, with a population of about 2.2 million. History The dry and inclement plain above La Paz was uninhabited until 1903 when the newly built railways from Lake Titicaca and Arica reached the rim of the canyon, where the La Paz terminus, railyards and depots were built along with a settlement of railway workers (a spur line down into the canyon opened in 1905). In 1925, the airfield was built as a base for the new air force, which attracted additional settlement. In 1939, El Alto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Tourist Attractions In Bolivia
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Museums In Bolivia
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these items available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. The largest museums are located in major cities throughout the world, while thousands of local museums exist in smaller cities, towns, and rural areas. Museums have varying aims, ranging from the conservation and documentation of their collection, serving researchers and specialists, to catering to the general public. The goal of serving researchers is not only scientific, but intended to serve the general public. There are many types of museums, including art museums, natural history museums, science museums, war museums, and children's museums. According to the International Council of Museums (ICOM), there are more than 55,000 museums in 202 count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Museums By Country
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Museums By Country
This list of museums is defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (''i.e.'', virtual museums) are not included. For individual topics, see list of science museums, list of natural history museums, list of transport museums, and articles on art galleries, print rooms, national museums and art museums in general. According to the ''Museums of the World'', there are about 55,000 museums in 202 countries. Afghanistan Åland * Åland Maritime Museum * Åland Museum * Kastelholm Castle * Pommern (ship) Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain *Bahrain National Museum * Beit Al Quran Bangl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Archives In Bolivia
This is list of archives in Bolivia. Archives in Bolivia * National Archive and Library of Bolivia * Archivo Central de la Prefectura del Departamento de Santa Cruz * Archivo de la Ciudad de la Paz * Archivo del Instituto Nacional de Estadistica * Archivo del Instituto Nacional de Reforma Agraria * Archivo Franciscano de Tarija See also * List of archives * List of museums in Bolivia * Culture of Bolivia External links General Archives {{South America topic, List of archives in Archives |
Bolivian Air Force Museum
The Bolivian Air Force Museum is an aviation museum located at El Alto International Airport in El Alto, La Paz. History In 1958, Amalia Villa de la Tapia began acquiring artifacts related to the history of aviation in Bolivia and these formed the genesis of the Bolivian Air Force's Historical Collection. The historian Ramiro Molina Alanes took over her role as curator of the collection in 1985. Starting in 2001 it was housed in the air force headquarters. However, the museum was moved to a new location at El Alto International Airport in 2015. Collection * Aérospatiale Alouette III * Aerotec A-122 Uirapuru, Aerotec T-23 Uirapuru * BAe 146-200 * Beechcraft T-34 Mentor, Beechcraft VT-34A Mentor * Bell UH-1H Iroquois * Cessna 152 * Cessna 206, Cessna U206G Stationair * Convair 580 * Douglas C-47 Dakota * Fokker F27-400M Troopship * Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama, Helibras HB 315B Gaviao * IAI Arava, IAI 201 Arava * Lancair 360 * Lockheed C-130A Hercules * Lockheed L-188A Electra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orinoca
Orinoca is a small town in the Bolivian Oruro Department. Orinoca has 163 inhabitants (2001) and is the administrative center of Orinoca District. It is located at , 3,788 m above sea-level, 185 km south of the department's capital, Oruro, and 20 km west of Lake Poopó. The second-largest lake in Bolivia was dried up as of December 2015, except for a few marshy patches, and officials do not know if it can recover from an extended drought. Orinoca is accessible by road, and a bus service that serves the town twice a week. The village of Isallavi in the Orinoca District is the birthplace of Evo Morales, the President of Bolivia The president of Bolivia ( es, Presidente de Bolivia), officially known as the president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia ( es, Presidente del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia), is head of state and head of government of Bolivia and the ca ... from 2006 to 2019. References {{reflist External linksDetailed province map Populated place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Museum Of Antonio Paredes Candia
The Art Museum of Antonio Paredes Candia (''Museo de Arte Antonio Paredes Candia'') is a museum in El Alto, Bolivia. It holds more than 500 works of art, and 11000 books. ( ) References See also * {{Coord, -16.5197, -68.1514, display=titleAntonio Paredes Candia Hello Guyes my name is roshan mourya
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National Museum Of Archaeology (Bolivia)
The National Museum of Archaeology of Bolivia ( es, Museo Nacional de Arqueología de Bolivia ) is the national archaeology museum of Bolivia. It is located in the capital of La Paz, two blocks east of the Prado. Operated by the National Institute of Archaeology, a specialized agency of the Deputy Minister of Culture, it is said to be the most prominent museum in Bolivia. The museum represents the cultural antecedents of the Bolivian people from the pre-Columbian era. There are displays of carved sculptures, as well as ceramic and painted objects in stone and metals. History Archbishop José Manuel Indaburo, considered to be the father figure of archaeology in Bolivia, was instrumental in establishing the museum with collections of archaeological, ethnographic and natural science antiquaries. In June 1846, in the presence of General José Ballivián, a small collection was started in a room in the Municipal Theatre. The theatre was located on Calle Genaro Sanjinés in La Paz a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potosí
Potosí, known as Villa Imperial de Potosí in the colonial period, is the capital city and a municipality of the Department of Potosí in Bolivia. It is one of the highest cities in the world at a nominal . For centuries, it was the location of the Spanish colonial silver mint. A considerable amount of the city's colonial architecture has been preserved in the historic center of the city, which - along with the globally important Cerro Rico de Potosí - are part of a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. Potosí lies at the foot of the ''Cerro de Potosí'' —sometimes referred to as the ''Cerro Rico'' ("rich mountain")— a mountain popularly conceived of as being "made of" silver ore that dominates the city. The Cerro Rico is the reason for Potosí's historical importance since it was the major supply of silver for the Spanish Empire until Guanajuato in Mexico surpassed it in the 18th century. The silver was taken by llama and mule train to the Pacific coast, shipped north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
