The Bolivarian Museum (
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: ''Museo Bolivariano'') is dedicated to
Simón Bolívar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830) was a Venezuelan military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and B ...
, the hero of Latin American independence. It is situated in
Caracas
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in th ...
, Venezuela.
The museum is run in tandem with the
birthplace of Simón Bolívar next door.
The collections include items related to Bolivar and Venezuelan independence.
History of the Museum
Many of the items in the museum were collected in the nineteenth century, and some of them were put on display in 1883 when President
Guzmán Blanco organised an exhibition to celebrate the centenary of Bolívar's birth. In the twentieth century they were housed in a museum.
President
Rómulo Betancourt took the decision to move the museum to its present site near the Plaza El Venezolano. The design of the single-storey structure was commissioned from the architect,
Graziano Gasparini
Graziano Gasparini (31 July 1924 – 30 November 2019) was a Venezuelan architect, photographer, painter and historian, sometimes referred to as Graciano Gasparini (ie using a Spanish version of his first name).
Gasparini was born in Gorizia, on ...
, who was already known for restoration work on Venezuela's
Spanish Colonial church buildings. For the museum building he reconstructed a Spanish Colonial facade in keeping with the adjacent birthplace of Bolívar. It was inaugurated in 1960.
Collections
The collections include the coffin in which Bolívar's remains were brought from
Santa Marta
Santa Marta (), officially Distrito Turístico, Cultural e Histórico de Santa Marta ("Touristic, Cultural and Historic District of Santa Marta"), is a city on the coast of the Caribbean Sea in northern Colombia. It is the capital of Magdalena ...
to Caracas.
See also
There are other museums named after Bolivar including a museum at
Ziortza-Bolibar
Ziortza-Bolibar ( es, Cenarruza-Puebla de Bolívar) is a municipality in the province of Biscay, Basque Country (Spain), in the comarca of Lea-Artibai. It has 383 inhabitants according to the 2006 census, and has an area of 18.94 km².
The ...
,
Basque Country, Spain.
See
List of places and things named after Simón Bolivar
Argentina
*San Carlos de Bolívar, Buenos Aires Province
Australia
*A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia is named in honor of him
Belgium
*Boulevard Simon Bolívar, a street in Brussels
*Bolivarplaats, a square in Antwerp
*Statue of Sim ...
for more places associated with Bolivar.
References
External links
Official website ''Red Museos Bolivarianos (Casa Natal-Museo Bolivariano)''
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Museums in Caracas
Spanish Colonial architecture in Venezuela