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MUSEUM OF THE HOUSE OF FREEDOM (CASA DE LA LIBERTAD).-
In the former Plaza de Armas, today known as
Plaza 25th May, is located the old Legislative
Palace, today known as the Casa de la Libertad
(House of Freedom). It is the most important
national historical monument, since within its
confines momentous historical events took place,
which concluded with the formation of the Bolivian
nation.
In this building was founded the University Mayor
Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier in the
year 1624. In its classrooms those men who would
lead the fight for independence throughout the
continent debated and studied. The building includes
the former Jesuits' private chapel and great hall of
the university where the Assembly that deliberated
and proclaimed the independence of Bolivia met on
August 6th 1825.
This precinct is conserved today and known as the Hall of Independence. It features a
carved and gilded baroque choir, splendid stals and the presidential armchair, as well
as commanding portraits of the liberators Simón Bolivar and Antonio José de Sucre
and the president José Ballivián; also on display are the swords of Marshall Sucre
winner in the battles of Junín and Ayacucho and of Ballivián who triumphed in Ingavi.
The ample colonial patio surrounded by stone galleries leads to the Senate Chamber,
where one can appreciate portraits of the presidents of the republic, insignias and
patriotic symbols, and furniture from the first years of the republic. The Colonial Room
displays documents and personal items; flags from the era of the Civil War and the
Pacific War; it also houses the remains of the famous freedom fighter Juana Azurduy
de Padilla and of the patriots Joaquín de Lemoine and Casimiro Olañeta, as well as
having other rooms which are used for occasional exhibitions. It also offers library
services, a newspaper archive, documental file and a map library. It is the seat of the
Geographical and Historical Society of Sucre and is a National Monument of Bolivia.
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UNIVERSITY MUSEUM.-
The University Mayor Real y Pontificia de San Francisco
Xavier de Chuquisaca has developed a group of important museums. They are located
in the building known as the Palacio del Gran Poder, whose architecture belongs to the
17th and 18th Centuries, and whose contents form an important archive.
ANTHROPOLOGICAL MUSEUM
This consists of three sections: Archaeology, Ethnography and Folklore, each one of
these sections houses notable collections related to its speciality, magnificent
testimonies to Andean culture.
MUSEUM OF VICEREGAL ART -
CHARCAS
Founded on 26th of May 1939, it is the
most important museum of its kind in
Bolivia. It has a great quantity of pictorial
works depicting colonial times,
sculptures, handcrafts and period
furniture, furthermore it houses a
collection of paintings by European and
local artists of the colonial era, as well as
decorated "Bargueños" and silverware
that belonged to the Princess of the Glorieta.
MODERN ART GALLERY
It exhibits the most complete collection of modern and contemporary art in the country,
with works by painters such as Gil and Jorge Imana, Solón Romero, Guzmán de
Rojas, etc.
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MUSEUM OF THE RECOLETA.-
The museum occupies the third patio of the Convent of the Recoleta. It exhibits colonial and republican paintings, handicrafts, coin collections and items related to the archaeology of the region.
A visit to the museum also offers a pleasant stroll through the colonial patios of the convent, the simple and beautiful cloisters, and the garden where one can admire the thousand-year-old cedar tree, still carefully preserved. One can also visit interesting places like the cell of Fray Mamerto Esquiú, the library that takes his name, or the chamber in which the third President of Bolivia, Don Pedro Blanco, was assassinated.
A visit can conclude with a visit to the finely carved choir of great value.
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MUSEUM OF SANTA CLARA.-
The high and low choirs of the convent of Santa Clara have been adapted for this museum.
It offers the visitor a general panorama of the convent life in La Plata, through paintings, jewellery, silverware, beautiful furniture of the time, and valuable examples of baroque musical instruments, among them an organ from the 17th Century.
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EHTNIC TEXTILE MUSEUM - ASUR.-
It is located in the Caserón de la Capellania (Chaplain’s house),a 17th Century colonial home. It has a total of seven exhibition rooms, where it seeks to show the existence of a current indigenous art - traditional ethnic textiles that are still made in the region.
The museum consists of a reception, seven exhibition rooms and a corridor where the weavers work their art so that visitors can observe the weaving techniques and the creation of the designs.
The museum tries to bring to light the splendour and beauty of the textiles produced in traditional cultural areas close to the city of Sucre: especially the areas of Tarabuco and Jalq’a.
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