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Nahim Isaiah Museum

History The Museum was created by the banker and philanthropist Nahim Isaías Barquet, who, in his capacity as general manager of Filanbanco, promoted its development to contribute to the artistic and cultural activities of Guayaquil. The museum's mission is to spread colonial art, since Isaías studied art at the Colonial School of Quito. For this purpose, he assembled a collection of valuable works of art, particularly paintings and sculptures, from the famous Quito School of Colonial Art. About 2,500 pieces of his collection are registered, which currently belong to the Central Bank. The museum was inaugurated on June 25, 1989. Later on July 20, 1996, the museum extended to the field of archaeology, acquiring valuable pieces belonging to the main cultures that inhabited the coastal regions of Ecuador today. The first exhibition in this field was a permanent exhibition, called "Pre-Hispanic Cultures of the Ecuadorian Coast". Due to the economic crisis that Ecuador experienced in 2000, in which several banking institutions were closed, the museum's works were delivered to the Central Bank of Ecuador as dation in payment. Subsequently, the museum remained closed, until on September 30, 2004 it opened its doors again. Attractions The museum has around 2,500 pieces of collection and works of art from the colonial school of Quito, particularly paintings and sculptures, from the famous Quito School of Colonial Art. In addition to a valuable collection of paintings and sculptures of modern and contemporary art. On the first floor is the Temporary and Itinerant Exhibition Hall, and on the second floor, as a permanent exhibition dedicated to colonial art, Cosmogonies is exhibited. Schedule Tuesday to Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Entry Free

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Municipal Museum of Guayaquil (Heritage)

History The genesis of the idea of having a museum in Guayaquil, according to the official site, corresponds to the patriot Pedro Carbo Noboa who, on May 1, 1863, inaugurated the "Industrial Museum" that worked in the Cabildo building, exhibiting some samples of the technological advances of the time. Officially, officially, the Museum of Guayaquil was inaugurated on August 9, 1909. This museum, which was created under a Municipal Ordinance presided over by Dr. Armando Pareja Coronel, had the character of Historical, with a section dedicated to the history of the Homeland and another to the sciences and arts, which implied the transformation of the Industrial Museum. Its first director was the director of the Municipal Library, Camilo Destruge Illingworth. The museum, officially called "El Industrial Municipal Museum of the Building Library" worked in the villa of Dr. Mario Morla, and had more than 1,000 pieces of archaeology, colonial and numanistic art. The Museum had its first own building on August 10, 1916. It was built in wood with a design by the Portuguese architect Raúl María Pereira. Then it was demolished in 1939. Until then, the museum returned to function in the Municipal Palace for 13 years. The current building designed by the architect Guillermo Cubillo Renella, was built by Engineer Miguel Salem Dibo and inaugurated on October 8, 1958, when Mr. Luis Robles Plaza was mayor. In 1992, during the first municipal administration of Engineer León Febres-Cordero, it was remodeled. Then in 2008 it was restored again within the framework of the urban regeneration undertaken by Mayor Ab. Jaime Nebot. Today its reserve of goods is made up of more than 12,000 pieces. Attractions The Mural of the main façade, made with vitreous ceramics and corrugated iron rods by the Guayaquil artist Jorge Swett, the Manteño-Huancavilca type or imitation chairs, located at the entrance, the vehicle that belonged to Dr. Carbo Noboa, considered a classic of the automotive industry; the pre-Hispanic pieces and the old octagonal showcases that are still preserved. Also attractive are the pre-Hispanic room that exhibits the development of the cultures of the coast, the anthropomorphic stone monolith that has been on display since the inauguration, the bronze bust of General Antonio José de Sucre, a Guasango wood totem with 32 figures carved, found on the Cerro de las Negras, located in the hall of the Museum. In addition, the museum presents varied exhibitions: archaeological with approximately 2,000 objects belonging to pre-Columbian cultures of the coast and the mountains, art collections and objects from the colony such as paintings, portraits, coins, medals, etc. Rooms The Museum has the following rooms: On the ground floor are: Pre-Hispanic, Hispanic, Colony, Independence, Republic, 20th Century, and Presidents' room. In the upper room: Multipurpose Room, Contemporary Art Room, Auditorium, Sacred Art Room, Numismatics, Temporary Exhibition Room and technical reserve of the museum. Pre-Hispanic Room: Beautiful objects are exhibited in this room, mostly ceramic, metal and stone. The so-called "Formative" period lasts approximately 3,000 years and goes from 3,500 B.C. to 500 BC It is called like that, because at this time the aboriginal groups, who lived in the old Ecuadorian territory, achieved important advances in agriculture with which they formed a stable, sedentary and organized society. This society also had an aesthetic development of ceramics, as well as other crafts. The formative cultures of the coast are those of Valdivia, Machalilla and Chorrera. Colonial Room: Here the title of the birth of our city and the truth about its name are exhibited, the first contact between natives of the Gulf of Guayaquil and Spanish navigators, which occurred in 1526, when the rafts of the Punáes commanded by Cacique Tumbala intercepted the Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro. In the room there are also: Spanish firearms, a diorama of the old Santo Domingo Church, the Plans of Guayaquil made in 1770 and 1772 by Francisco de Requena and Ramón García de León y Pizarro and a model according to the 1858 plan. by Manuel Villavicencio, the model is authored by Arch. Parsival Castro. Sacred Art Room: Throughout the history of humanity, art has been an important ally of the different religions, providing them with their varied styles the ideal form and expression to transmit their dogmas. Thus, motifs represented in mystical scenes such as religious paintings from Guayaquil churches, icons and archetypes of sacred art and sculptures by colonial authors such as Diego de Robles are exhibited here. Numismatic Room: Before the appearance of coins as a means of exchange, the barter system was used to carry out transactions. This system was changing as a result of the increasing specialization in work as well as the change in social structures in formation. The obsoleteness of the system led the peoples to create a single element, whose exchange value would allow them to acquire goods and services. Exhibition "Yellow Fever in Guayaquil": In August 2015, a new room of the Municipal Museum was inaugurated, where two mass graves were found, with the remains of victims of the yellow fever of 1842. The findings are exhibited as a sample of the time in which yellow fever hit Guayaquil. At that time, Vicente Rocafuerte was the governor and he ordered that common graves be created in the patios of the churches so that the victims of the epidemic could be buried. Let us remember that the San Agustín Church was on the same block. The remains were discovered in 2013, when adaptations were made to the inner courtyard of the Municipal Museum. Ecuador Natural History Pavilion: Inaugurated in July 2016, it exhibits a collection of more than 3,000 insects, 55 different species of hummingbirds, and hundreds of stuffed animals such as birds, mammals, and reptiles, as well as fossil remains delivered by the San José La Colegio. Get out. Also on display is the collection of insects donated by entomologist Jaime Buestán Aucancela. Services It has the largest room in Guayaquil, which throughout the year has various pictorial exhibitions, one of the most famous being the Salón de Julio, in which a display of plastic arts is held, as one of the many activities for the Guayaquil Foundation. Schedule Tuesday to Saturday: 09:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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National Cocoa Museum

The National Cocoa Museum has 14 rooms which show the origin of cocoa, its regional exchange thanks to the natural passages between the coast, the Andes mountain range and the Amazon. Later, its presence in Mexico more than 3,500 years ago until the 17th century with the Paches and Guancavilcas navigators, where it was processed as chocolate, being considered a drink for the populations of Mesoamerica. The discovery of cocoa by the Spaniards in Pre-Hispanic America, the raft as a means of transporting cocoa across America, the commercial activity of cocoa in Colonial Guayaquil, the looting of the city by legendary English and Dutch corsairs in the years 1687 and 1709 as well as its consequent commercial affectation. Another unmissable experience is the 350° virtual tour of a fine aroma cocoa farm in Ecuador where you can learn about the cultivation process from its birth in the nursery. An issue to highlight is also the valorization of the montuvio as the natural son of cocoa, which contributed to Guayaquil standing out as the world capital of cocoa. The history of the "Gran Cacao" considered as influential groups of approximately 20 families that own 70% of the fine and aroma cocoa farms is part of the tour of the National Cocoa Museum which manages to combine with the historic Panama Street. Schedule Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The cocoa crisis with the presence of diseases in the plantations such as "the monilia" in 1916, "the witch's broom" in 1917 and the total desolation in 1940. Finally, its resurgence through the technical-scientific work of Homero Castro Zurita who successfully cloned hybrids of cocoa varieties from the Amazon with others from Trinidad and Tobago which he called CCN-51. The National Cocoa Museum has 14 rooms which show the origin of cocoa, its regional exchange thanks to the natural passages between the coast, the Andes mountain range and the Amazon. Later, its presence in Mexico more than 3,500 years ago until the 17th century with the Paches and Guancavilcas navigators, where it was processed as chocolate, being considered a drink for the populations of Mesoamerica. The discovery of cocoa by the Spaniards in Pre-Hispanic America, the raft as a means of transporting cocoa across America, the commercial activity of cocoa in Colonial Guayaquil, the looting of the city by legendary English and Dutch corsairs in the years 1687 and 1709 as well as its consequent commercial affectation. Another unmissable experience is the 350° virtual tour of a fine aroma cocoa farm in Ecuador where you can learn about the cultivation process from its birth in the nursery. An issue to highlight is also the valorization of the montuvio as the natural son of cocoa, which contributed to Guayaquil standing out as the world capital of cocoa. The history of the "Gran Cacao" considered as influential groups of approximately 20 families that own 70% of the fine and aroma cocoa farms is part of the tour of the National Cocoa Museum which manages to combine with the historic Panama Street. The cocoa crisis with the presence of diseases in the plantations such as "the monilia" in 1916, "the witch's broom" in 1917 and the total desolation in 1940. Finally, its resurgence through the technical-scientific work of Homero Castro Zurita who successfully cloned hybrids of cocoa varieties from the Amazon with others from Trinidad and Tobago which he called CCN-51.

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Anthropological Museum of Contemporary Art (MAAC)

History The Anthropological and Contemporary Art Museum, also known by its acronym MAAC, is part of the Simón Bolívar Cultural Center, inaugurated on July 30, 2003, whose extension covers more than 10,000 square meters of surface. The objective of this museum is to reinforce the institutional cultural heritage of the city with collections from aboriginal and modern times. In a complementary task, the MAAC also offers many integrated programs that include exhibitions, conferences, forums, film projections, scenic art, an auditorium for 400 people and an esplanade for outdoor shows, with which it fulfills the purpose of promoting heritage. culture at the service of the country's development. Its history dates back to the 1950s when archaeological investigations were carried out on the Ecuadorian coast that brought to light a series of discoveries of pieces of great historical and archaeological value. At that time, the Central Bank of Ecuador decided to create a museum in Guayaquil that was born with the name of "Archaeological, Ethnographic and Modern Latin American Art Museum" that was located in the old Central Bank building on Pichincha Avenue. In 1974 Dr. Olaf Holm was appointed as director of the museum, who organized and increased the archaeological and art collections. In 1980 the museum changed its name to "Anthropological Museum of the Central Bank of Ecuador" operating in a new location located on boulevard 9 de Octubre and José de Antepara street. In 2004 it was opened to the public as the Anthropological Museum of Contemporary Art "MAAC" and in 2009 the name "Libertador Simón Bolívar" Cultural Center was assigned to the complex made up of the Anthropological and Contemporary Art Museum, specialized library, documentary center, auditorium and workshops. That same year, through a General Provision in the Reform Law of the Monetary Regime and State Bank Law, it was established that the cultural areas of the Central Bank of Ecuador pass to the Ministry of Culture, an action that took place on October 1, 2010. Currently MAAC is part of the Network of National Museums of the Ministry of Culture of Ecuador Attractions It is a site rich in art and culture in which the ancestral wealth of the Pre-Columbian era of Ecuador is exposed. The exhibition includes a collection of 50,000 native Ecuadorian archaeological pieces from the pre-Columbian era of the Ecuadorian coast between the year 8,000 B.C. and 1400 A.D. In addition to another collection with more than 3,400 modern works of art. Its building has an architectural design that takes as a conceptual reference one of the fundamental creations of the cultural process of the Ecuadorian coast, such as a Manteña-Huancavilca raft, a pre-Columbian vessel, typical of the ancestral indigenous culture of Guayaquil. On its façade it presents a mural by the painter Manuel Rendón Seminario, whose original design was made in pastel chalk. It also offers permanent exhibitions of archeology and history of Ecuador, as well as contemporary art galleries and a small bookstore of national authors. Its auditorium is frequently used for cultural events such as concerts, conferences and a movie theater. Its terrace is an open-air stage for artistic events. Services The Libertador Simón Bolívar Cultural Center, in addition to the museum, offers: six exhibition rooms, three video art rooms, a lobby and a cafeteria area for conferences, concerts, meetings, among other cultural activities; an auditorium with capacity for 350 people in which the MAAC Cine project is developed, as well as academic and artistic activities; three workshops in which educational courses and programs are held for children, youth and adults; a library with complete and specialized information on anthropology, history and art with more than 20,000 publications; a Documentation Center that offers a system with digital technology that allows access to cultural collections with a small auditorium or area for workshops and meetings; and a bookstore that is a point of exhibition and sale of publications. Schedule Tuesday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. - Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Holidays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Entry Free

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Las Peñas Traditional Neighborhood & Lookout

Genesis of the city of Guayaquil, the Pearl of the Pacific. Considered its oldest neighborhood. Las Peñas is at the same time a tourist place, an artist's residence and a place of dynamic cultural activity. In its patrimonial houses there are art galleries. When the sun goes down, an intense night life begins. Cultural Heritage of Ecuador since 1982. In the modern and giant city of Guayaquil, this neighborhood is considered the starting point of the metropolis. Present in the historical development of the Port since the 16th century. It extends to the foot of the Santa Ana hill, next to the majestic and calm Guayas river. To visit Las Peñas is to go into the memories of its colonial street. Recreating the view with the pastel colors of its historical houses. Blue, pink, green, yellow. The great fire of 1896 left very little built heritage of the old city. That is why Las Peñas is so loved by the people of Guayaquil, as the only vestige of its past. For those with a strong heart, there are the stairs. You have to climb 444 steps to the top of Santa Ana hill. On an esplanade, the lighthouse and the chapel of Santa Ana The view extends over Guayaquil and the Guayas River. Ideal place to film or photograph the city. Numa Pompilio Street, the heart of the tourist, artistic and commercial activity of the neighborhood. Full of old houses, built with wood, transformed into art galleries or craft shops. A comfortable place to walk slowly on its cobbled streets, paying attention to details. At the end of the tour, football fans can enter the Museum of Barcelona, Ecuador's most popular team. Or have their photo taken next to the monument to Julio Jaramillo, the world famous singer. At the beginning of Numa Pompilio Street is La Planchada, a reconstruction of an old Spanish fortress, with metal cannons, which once served to defend Guayaquil from pirate attacks. From this fort, the Malecón 2000, the main tourist attraction of the port, begins to the north. For those with time and a bohemian spirit, during the night from Tuesday to Sunday, bars, discos and karaoke bars open in Las Peñas. Friends from the past can visit Plaza Francisco de Orellana or the Memorial to Leon Febres Cordero, former president of Ecuador and former mayor of Guayaquil. Attached to the memory of Las Peñas are the names of at least 11 former presidents of Ecuador who once lived there. Writers, historians, painters, educators, musicians, made it their home. The sculptor Yela Loffredo Rodríguez founded the "Asociación Cultural Las Peñas" in this neighborhood. Three names attract attention. Ernesto "Che" Guevara, lived there for a short time. And Ernest Hemingway and Pablo Neruda, winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature, were its illustrious visitors.

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Beer Museum

History Inaugurated on July 27, 2009, as a space dedicated to culture and tourism, the museum is located on the banks of the Guayas River, in Puerto Santa Ana, in the same place where the Cervecería Nacional operated since 1887, the year in which the first beer manufactured in Guayaquil was sold and in which the company began its operations as an ice and beer factory. The 70-square-meter museum displays, in three display cases, an investigation carried out by the Guayaquil historian Jenny Estrada, who narrates the 10,000 years of beer history in the world and the more than 100 years of this drink in Guayaquil, which is an iconic product. of the culture and life of Guayaquil, which transformed his working life, since it not only changed the habit of consuming imported beverages but also created jobs. Attractions Miniature figures made of resin, which recreate scenes of how beer was made and transported. In addition to relics, examples of packaging, photographs, recognitions, documents related to beer and a historical review of the Cervecería Nacional, it began operations as an ice and beer factory. Schedule Wednesday to Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Sundays: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Entry Free

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