Category: Museums & Churches

Home to some of Bolivia’s best museums and galleries, Sucre provides visitors the chance to learn about the country’s cultural, artistic and religious history in some wonderfully inspiring settings. Most of the museums are conveniently located in the city’s center within walking distance from the main plaza

A curious relic lies in Sucre’s Casa de la Libertad. Could it be that Bolivia is home to the first flag of Argentina? History has it that the Argentinian flag was created by Manuel Belgrano during the Argentinian War of Independence. Seeing that both sides in the war were fighting under Spanish colors, Belgrano perceived […]

One of the oddest chapters in Bolivia’s history is the tale of its only prince and princess and the pink, crazy, fairy-tale castle they built on the outskirts of Sucre: El Castillo de La Glorieta (The Castle of La Glorieta).

MUSEF museum is hosting a photo exhibit “Cajamarca – a barren desert into a green paradise”, showcasing the work of the Youth Ecological Association in Chuquisaca. Since 1992, around 80 members of the association have toiled to introduce forestry to a dusty, infertile region known as Cajamara 30kms from Sucre. In the last 22 years entire hillsides […]

A photography exhibition is opening at Sucre’s National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore (MUSEF) today. Presented by the photographic collective “Gato Miope”, the exhibition showcases the results of a digital photography workshop taught by Paul Rodriguez in December 2013. The exhibition is entitled “Colectiva”. The exhibition is to be housed in a temporary exhibition hall upstairs of […]

Visiting a cemetery on your travels may seem a little morbid, however the cemetery in Sucre is quite the opposite, offering a peaceful hideaway. People go to read a book, catch up with friends or simply to contemplate life.

Sucre’s San Francisco Basilica (or Basilica de San Francisco de Charcas) is an asymmetric classically-styled temple with baroque influences. It is home to the “Freedom Bell” which rang to signal the start of the Bolivian independence movement.

A torch-lit procession will be held in Sucre on Friday 6 of December to mark the closure of the “Year of Faith”.

The Sucre Mask (or Mascara) Museum is a quick, entertaining way to soak up a bit of Bolivian culture. While it is technically part of the MUSEF museum, the mask museum is a 4 room exhibit which can be visited separately from the main museam. The museum features around 50 masks used in festivals and religious ceremonies in communities throughout Bolivia.