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Casa del Alabado

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Casa del Alabado
Casa del Alabado
Casa del Alabado
Casa del Alabado
Casa del Alabado
Casa del Alabado
Casa del Alabado
Casa del Alabado
Casa del Alabado
Casa del Alabado
Casa del Alabado
Casa del Alabado
Casa del Alabado
Casa del Alabado
Casa del Alabado
Casa del Alabado
Casa del Alabado
Casa del Alabado
Casa del Alabado
Casa del Alabado
Casa del Alabado
Casa del Alabado
Casa del Alabado
Casa del Alabado
Casa del Alabado
Phone:
+593 2-228-0772

Hours:
Sunday9am - 5:30pm
Monday9am - 5:30pm
Tuesday9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday1:30pm - 5:30pm
Thursday9am - 5:30pm
Friday9am - 5:30pm
Saturday9am - 5:30pm


Casa del Alabado is a Precolumbian Art Museum located in the historic downtown area of Quito, Ecuador. The museum is located in a colonial house built in the 17th century during the Spanish Colony. It houses a collection of over 5,000 archaeological pieces, 500 of which are on permanent display. Casa del Alabado is unique in the sense that its display is organized thematically, not chronologically. The aim of the museum is to treat objects as works of art rather than archaeological remnants. The display is distributed along 8 rooms with 8 different themes, which serve as representations of cultural aspects of ancient Ecuadorian cultures: their cosmology, their relationship with their ancestors, their religious ideas and rituals, and their relationship with their environment. The museum has: 8 exhibit rooms, 1 room for temporary exhibits, 2 rooms for workshops, a museum shop and 2 courtyards. Opening Hours Open from Monday to Sunday, from 9:00am to 5:30pm.
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