Visit of the Museums of the Casco Antiguo (Old Town) and Panama City

A representative of Nativa Tours will pick you up at your hotel to start a very interesting tour: getting to know the cultural side of the city: we propose you to visit some museums in the Casco Antiguo (Old Town) and Panama City.

Museum of ¨La Mola¨ (MUMO)

MUMO has been conceived as a space to appreciate the molas as cultural works of art, which transcend their utilitarian function, as part of the traditional dress of Guna women, and become pieces of contemplation, reflection and admiration.   

The visitor to the MUMO will be able to learn about the evolution of the mola, will explore the aesthetic values, will know how they are made, their meaning, and at the same time, will allow them to make their own mola.

Museum of the Interoceanic Canal

The building that houses the Museum of the Interoceanic Canal of Panama was built in 1874, like the Grand Hôtel by the Alsatian George Loew. It was later bought by Count Ferdinand de Lesseps to install the offices of the Universal Company of the Interoceanic Canal; The New Canal Company operated here and was later sold to the United States together with the concession for the construction of the Panama Canal. In 1915, it was bought by Dr. Belisario Porras, president of Panama, and ministerial offices were installed. It was the headquarters of the Posts and Telegraphs and the mosaics with this name can be seen at the entrance of the building. In 1996, the Board of the Canal Museum rehabilitated the building to inaugurate the Museum of the Interoceanic Canal of Panama in 1997.

It has eleven exhibition rooms that have an audio guide system, which has been accompanying you since the beginning of this, the story of one of the greatest feats of engineering of all time, through its multiple changes where it is includes the France – United States transfer; You will witness the life that Americans adopted as citizens living in the Canal Zone, likewise the direction that the North American country gave to this great system, is reflected in different media, such as images, computers, treatises or videos.

Museum of History

The Museum of History of Panama exhibits documents and pieces from the colonial, departmental and republican period. 

The future of the country can be followed in this museum, where the tour of its four rooms covers the colonial era in its most political essence (1501-1821), the departmental period (1821-1903) and the founding of the republic (1903) until the present.

Afro-Antillean Museum

The Afro-Antillean Museum has as its headquarters the old Chapel of the Christian Mission; built in 1910 in the El Marañón neighborhood, existing since 1850 and was inhabited by immigrants from rural areas of Panama and by Antilleans. In 1971, the Ministry of Housing, owner of the land, offered to the National Directorate of Historical Heritage of the National Institute of Culture the safeguarding of the property as a vestige of an era.

Its purpose is to spread the Antillean Culture, highlight the participation of the Antillean group in the construction of the railroad, the French Canal and the Panama Canal, highlight the contributions to our national culture and increase respect for the ethnic group.

It has a single permanent exhibition room.

Museum of Biodiversity or Biomuseum

Designed by world renowned architect Frank Gehry, the Biomuseum is his first work in Latin America and the tropics. The building was designed to tell the story of how the Isthmus of Panama arose from the sea, uniting two continents, separating a great ocean in two and changing the planet’s biodiversity forever.

The 4,000-square-meter museum contains eight permanent display galleries designed by Bruce Mau Design.

In addition to the main spaces, the museum includes a public atrium, a space for temporary exhibitions, a store, a cafeteria and multiple outdoor exhibits arranged in a botanical park.

The permanent exhibition is a combination of art and science, which will give visitors the sensation of being before an amazing phenomenon.

It is recommended to bring

Comfortable shoes

Sunscreen

Photographic camera (in some museums they allow taking photos)

Includes

Transfers

Guide

Lunch

Entrance tickets to the mentioned museums

Not included

Drinks

Tips

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