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Guayaquil
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MUSEUMS:
• Centro Cultural Simón Bolivar.
CULTURAL CENTER “LIBERTADOR SIMÓN BOLÍ-
VAR”
Simon Bolivar Cultural Center is located next to the
Las Peñas neighborhood, facing the Guayas River.
It is an important part of the Malecon 2000 project
of touristic, commercial and cultural development of
the city.
It consists of:
• The Antropologic Museum and The Museum of
Contemporary Art, that hold a collection of 50,000
archaeological pieces from the aboriginal period of
the Ecuadorian Coast and a collection of modern
and contemporary art. It has five exhibition halls and
three rooms of Digital Arts. The museum also has a
bibliographic fund.
Address: Malecón Simón Bolívar and Loja
Telephone: 2309400, 2309384- 85-86.
Visiting hours: Tuesday thru Sunday 09h00 to 17h00
Sundays and holidays: 11h00 a 14h30
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Free Entrance.
• Casa de la Cultura. The museum holds the
most valuable pre-historic gold work collection in
Ecuador. Location: 9 de Octubre 1200 & Pedro
Moncayo.
• Guayaquil in History. Location: Malecon 2000
(under the IMAX Theater). Visiting hours: Mon-
days thru Sundays from 9h00 – 13h30 and 16h00
– 20h00. Admission fee: $ 1,50 adults. $ 1 chil-
dren.
• The Municipal Museum. This museum has four
divisions: Archeological, History, Colonial Art and
Modern Art. Located at the corner of Sucre Street
and Pedro Carbo. Visiting hours: Tuesday thru
Saturday 9h00 to 17h00. Free admission. Identi-
fication document is required.
• Nahim Isaias Museum.
NAHIM ISAIAS Museum, located at the Square of Inte-
gration (Pichincha and / Aguirre and Clemente Ballen),
combines Colonial and Republican pieces of Art. Its en-
tire collection includes more than 2,000 pieces of art,
1,536 which were declared a National Cultural Heritage
by the Ministry of Education and Culture and a City
Heritage by the Municupality of Guayaquil.
Visiting hours: Tuesday thru Friday 09h00 to
17h00; Saturday and holidays from 10h00 to
15h00
Telephones: 2324182- 2324283
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Free entrance
• Presley Norton Museum.
Presley Norton Museum, named the founder of
the Anthropology Program in Ecuador in 1979. Its
aim is to show the customs of ancient inhabitants
of Ecuador. It holds the collection of Norton-Pé-
rez which is a property of the Pacific Bank.
Address: Av 9 October and Carchi (esq).
Visiting hours: Monday thru saturday 09h00 to
17h00.
Telephone: 2293423 – 2293623
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Free Entrance
• Naval Museum “Almirante Illingworth”. Loca-
tion: Malecon & Clemente Ballen (Building of
the Provincial Government of Guayas). Visiting
hours: Monday thru Friday from 8h00 to 12h30
and 14h00 to 16h00. Free admission.
HISTORICAL ARCHIVE OF GUAYAS
Preserves historical documents and photographs of
the City of Guayaquil and the Province of Guayas
of Ecuador, supports the historical research, and
publishing.
Address: Ave. Alberto Borges and Juan Tanca Marengo.
Telephone: 2394441 -2394440
Visiting hours: Lunes a Viernes de 08h30 a 17h00