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Museo Guayasamin and Capilla del Hombre

Guayasamin Museum and Chapel of Man

This museum houses the collection of Ecuador's most renowned contemporary artists, Oswaldo Guayasamin. It has a fine collection of pre-Columbian, colonial and independence art, and houses many of the artist's works. The adjoining Chapel of Man was built posthumously to house some of Guayasamin's vast canvases on the condition of Latin American Man.

Address: Mariano Calvache y Lorenzo Chávez, Bellavista
Hours: Mon-Fri 09ː30-13ː00
Price: Adults $10; students, seniors, people with disabilities $4; children under 12 free
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