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International Museum Day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Every year since 1977, ICOM has organized International Museum Day, an exceptional moment for the international museum community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The objective of International Museum Day (IDM) is to raise awareness of the fact that museums are an important medium for cultural exchange, the enrichment of cultures, as well as for the development of mutual understanding, collaboration and peace between peoples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Organized every May 18 or around that date for more than 40 years, the events and activities planned to celebrate IMD can last a day, a weekend or even the whole week. More and more museums around the world are participating in this global celebration: last year 37,000 museums took part in the event in 158 countries and territories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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10 Museums you must visit in Quito<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This is a totally subjective list, so it is impossible to cover each of the museums that exist in the capital of Ecuador, they are ordered without a specific order at the total discretion of the person who writes this article, you can leave your comments and suggestions to include more museums on the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This list has been made trying to cover the places that can contribute to history in all its eras, culture, development of thought, ancestral knowledge, appreciation of natural resources, contemporary art:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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10 National Museum of Ecuador<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The National Museum of Ecuador is the national museum of the Republic of Ecuador, founded in 1969 by the Central Bank of Ecuador and since 2010 in charge of the Technical Undersecretary of Social Memory of the Ministry of Culture and Heritage of Ecuador. The museum is located in the city of Quito, within the facilities of the building of the House of Ecuadorian Culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MUNA-Q is considered the largest museum institution in the country, since it maintains the largest collection of ancestral goods, a variety of paintings by different artists and periods, as well as vessels and ceremonial figures from various periods of Ecuadorian history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Address: Av. Patria and Av. Seis de Diciembre Building of the House of Ecuadorian Culture Quito, Ecuador<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wb Site: https:\/\/muna.culturaypatrimonio.gob.ec\/index.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nTelephone: +(593) 939 520 395 – Only calls<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Entrance fee: Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n