List of museums in Venezuela

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This is a list of museums in Venezuela.

Museums

Institution	Type of collection	Location	Opened	Picture	Ref.
Aeronautics Museum of Maracay	Historical aviation museum	Maracay	10 December 1963		[1]
Alberto Henríquez Museum of Art	Art museum	Coro	3 August 1997		[2] [3] [4]
Birthplace of Simón Bolívar	Historic house museum	Caracas	5 January 1921		[5] [6] [7]
Bolivarian Museum	Biographical museum	Caracas	1960		[ citation needed ]
Caracas Museum of Contemporary Art	Art museum	Caracas	30 August 1973		[8] [9]
Children's Museum of Caracas	Children's museum	Caracas	1982		[10]
Jesús Soto Museum of Modern Art	Museum of modern art	Ciudad Bolívar	1973		[11] [12] [13]
Museo de Arte Acarigua-Araure		Acarigua
Museo de Bellas Artes (Caracas)		Caracas
National Art Gallery (Caracas)	Art museum	Caracas	May 1976		[14] [15] [16]
National Pantheon of Venezuela		Caracas
San Carlos de Borromeo Fortress	Living museum	Pampatar	1664 - 1684		[17] [18] [19]
Santa Rosa de la Eminencia castle	War museum	La Asunción	1682		[20] [21] [22]
Palacio Municipal de Caracas		Caracas
Quinta de Anauco		Caracas
Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum	Sports museum	Valencia	18 April 2002	(image needed)	[23]
William Phelps Ornithological Collection		Caracas

References

1. Bauman, Janice; Leni Young (1987). Guide to Venezuela. E. Armitano. p. 203. ISBN   3-598-23107-5 . Retrieved 16 September 2009.
2. "Sala de Oración Hebrea". Coroweb.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 October 2010.
3. "Museo Alberto Henríquez, recinto de la prosapia judía en Coro". I am Venezuela (in Spanish). 13 November 2017.
4. "Casa de Oración judía en Coro busca aportes solidarios para su restauración". Nuevo Mundo Israelita (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 July 2011.
5. Lynch, John (2007). Simón Bolívar: A Life. Yale University Press. p. 302. ISBN   978-0-300-12604-4.
6. Bolívar, Simón (1995). Doctrina del Libertador (in Spanish). Fundacion Biblioteca Ayacuch. p. 283. ISBN   978-980-276-238-5.
7. Russell Maddicks (1 February 2011). Bradt Travel Guide Venezuela. Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 87, 106. ISBN   978-1-84162-299-6 . Retrieved 11 May 2013.
8. Salvador, José Maria (1987). "The Caracas Museum of Contemporary Art" (PDF). Museum International. 37 (1): 41–43. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0033.1985.tb00543.x. ISSN   1350-0775. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
9. Salvador, José Maria (1985). "The Caracas Museum of Contemporary Art" (PDF). Museum International. 37 (1): 41–43. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0033.1985.tb00543.x. ISSN   1350-0775. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
10. "Reseña Histórica". Una maravillosa realidad (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2020.
    - "El Museo de los Niños cumple 34 años y sobran deseos para continuar aprendiendo - Efecto Cocuyo". Efecto Cocuyo (in Spanish). 7 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
    - "Por quedarse sin luz por robo, Museo de los Niños de Venezuela cierra tras 37 años". El Universal (in Spanish). 18 July 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
    - "Reponer cables robados en el Museo de los Niños cuesta 15 mil dólares, afirma su director - Efecto Cocuyo". Efecto Cocuyo (in Spanish). 18 July 2019. Archived from the original on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
    - "Museo de los Niños reabre sus puertas tras robo de cables de alta tensión". Efecto Cocuyo (in Spanish). 21 July 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
11. Barrionuevo, Antonio (2012). "Villanueva y Soto" (PDF). Polytechnic University of Catalonia (in Spanish).
12. Lassalle, Hélène (24 April 2009). "Ciudad Bolívar's Museum of Modern Art (The Soto Foundation)" . Museum International. 37 (3): 156–162. doi:10.1111/j.1755-5825.1985.tb00981.x.
13. ""III Bienal del Sur: Pueblos en resistencia" se inaugura el 25 de octubre en Ciudad Bolívar". Alba Ciudad 96.3 FM (in Spanish). 16 October 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
14. Fodor's South America, 7th Edition. Fodor's Travel Publications. 7 November 2006. pp. 732–. ISBN   978-1-4000-1648-8 . Retrieved 24 May 2013.
15. Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols; Kimberly J.. Morse (2010). Venezuela. ABC-CLIO. pp. 281–. ISBN   978-1-59884-569-3 . Retrieved 27 May 2013.
16. "Galería de Arte Nacional". Lonely Planet. Com. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
17. Brushaber, Susan (1 October 1997). Venezuela Alive. Hunter Publishing, Inc. p. 137. ISBN   978-1-55650-800-4.
18. "Castillo San Carlos". Vene Mia.
19. "Ciudad de Pampatar". Viagar Ven.
20. "Historical Places - Margarita Island". Viajando por Venezuela. Retrieved 4 January 2013.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
21. "Fortaleza de Santa Rosa de La Eminencia" (in Spanish). Explorando Rutas. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
22. "History". Margarita Online. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
23. "Salón de la Fama y Museo del Béisbol Venezolano Official Website". (Spanish)

See also

• List of museums by country