Popular Arts Museum (CIDAP)

Weavings at CIDAP. Photo by Andrea Davoust

Ceramics at CIDAP. Photo by Andrea Davoust

El Centro Interamericano de Artesanías y Artes Populares, or Museum of Popular Arts, is a small but interesting museum dedicated to the popular crafts of the Americas. The upper floors where the administration is located display mainly textiles, while the lower floors are the museum proper. The spacious, brightly lit rooms display exhibits that change every month; sometimes ceramics, textiles or carvings, which also are for sale.

Location:
Hermano Miguel 3-23 and Calle Larga, La Escalinita

Cuenca, Ecuador

Museum Types:
Cultural, Art

Travel Tips: Museum usually closes for lunch/siesta between 12:30 and 2:30.

Price Description: Free.

Open Hours from:9 a.m.

Open Hours to:6.30 p.m.

Days Closed:Saturday afternoon, Sunday, Monday morning

Travel Skills: None

Contact Information:
Phone: 593-7-282-9451
URL: www.cidap.org.ec

By Andrea Davoust

Created: 29 Aug 2005

Updated: 13 Apr 2009

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