Art
& Culture
Museums in Panama City
Other Museums
Theaters
Art Galleries
Related Links

Museums in Panama City
Anthropological Museum, Reina Torres
de Araúz, Plaza 5 de Mayo. • Tel: (507)
262-8338. Open Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m- 4:00 pm. • Admission:
$2.00 tourists, $1.00 adults, $0.50 retirees, $0.50 students and
$0.25 children. Exhibits a fine collection of pre-colombian art
and a fine collection of gold huacas.
Afro-Antillian Museum, Calle
24 and Avenida Justo Arosemena. • Tel: (507) 262-1668/262-5348
• Email: info@samaap.org
• Website: www.samaap.org.
Open Tuesday - Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. • Admission:
$1.00 adults and $0.25 children. Exhibits photography, domestic
and artistic objects of the Afro-West Indian group that helped
build the Canal.
Natural Science Museum, Avenida
Cuba entre las Calles 29 y 30. • Tel: (507) 225-0645. Open
from Tuesday to Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. • Admission:
$0.75 adults and $0.25 children. Exhibits geology, paleontology,
mammals, reptiles y other species of the fauna, as well as the
Panamanian flora.
Panamanian History Museum, Palacio
Municipal, in front of Parque Catedral in Casco Viejo (Colonial
Panama). • Tel: (507) 228-6231
Religious Art Museum,Casco Viejo
(Colonial Panama) in an 18th century chapel, next to the Church
and Convent of Santo Domingo where the "Arco Chato"
is situated. Remains open from Tuesday to Saturday from 8:30 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. • Admission: $0.75 adults and $0.25 children.
• Tel: (507) 228-2897
Panama La Vieja Museum, Artisan
market of Panamá Viejo, Open Monday – Sunday from
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. • Admission: $1.50 adults, $0.50
children and retirees; groups exceeding 20 people pay $1.25 per
person. • Tel: (507) 226-8915/226-9364/226-1757 •
Fax: (507) 226-7809 • Email: patronato@panamaviejo.org
• Website: www.panamaviejo.org
Contemporary Art Museum (M.A.C.),
Calle San Blas, Ancón y Avenida de los Mártires.
Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m to 4:00 pm. Saturday 9:00 a.m to 12:00
p.m. Exhibits art by national and reknowed international artists.
Offers a workshop in serigraphy and framing, as well as concerts,
conferences and expositions. • Admission: Free. •
Tel: (507) 262-3380, (507) 262-8012 • Fax: (507) 262-3376
• Email: info@macpanama.org
• Website: www.macpanama.org
Interoceanic Canal Museum, Plaza
de la Independencia (Catedral), San Felipe. Open from Tuesday
to Sunday from 9:30 am to 5:30 p.m. • Admission: $2.00 for
adults and $1.00 for children. Exhibits art, independent movies,
conferences, speech, and other things. • Tel: (507) 211-1649
• Website: www.museodelcanal.org
Banco Nacional Museum, Calle
34 y Avenida Cuba. Exhibits a fine collection of coins and stamps
dating back to the 16th century. • Tel: (507) 225-0640
History Museum, Municipal Palace of Plaza
Catedral in Casco Viejo (Colonial Panama). Open to the public
from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. from Tuesday to Saturday. •
Admission: $1.00 adults and $0.25 children. • Tel: (507)
228-6231/228-6331

Other Museums in the country
Museum of History and Tradition of Penonomé,
Open from Tuesday to Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and
1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Calle
San Antonio , Penonomé, Province of Coclé. •
Tel: (507) 997-8490.
El Caño Archaelogical Park, Open from
Tuesday to Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.
to 4:00 p.m. Sunday 9:30 a.m. to mid-night. El Caño, Natá,
Province of Coclé. • Tel: (507) 987-9352. Dedicated
to exalt the indigenous culture of Cocle.
José D. de Obaldía History and Art Museum,
Calle 8, Davíd, Province of Chriquí. • Tel:
(507) 775-7839.
San Pablo History Museum el Nuevo, Province
of Chiriquí. • Tel: 775-7918.
Herrera Museum, Open from Tuesday to Saturday
from 9:00 a.m. 12 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sunday from
9:30 a.m. 12 p.m. Julio Arjona Ave. y Calle Manuel M. Arjona,
Chitré, Province of Herrera. • Tel: (507) 996-0077.
Colonial Religious Art Museum, Open from Monday
to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Iglesia de Santo Domingo,
Parita, Province of Herrera.
Nationality Museum, Open from Tuesday to Saturday
from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Sunday from
9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Calle José Vallarino , Los Santos,
Province of Los Santos.
Belisario Porras Museum, Dedicated to the life
of Dr. Belisario Porras, three times president of the republic.
Las Tablas, Province of Los Santos. • Tel: (507) 994-6326.
Manuel F. Zarate Museum, Open from Tuesday to
Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Sundays from 2:00 p.m.
to 4:00 p.m. Guararé, Province of Los Santos. • Tel:
(507) 994-5644.

Principal
Theaters of the City
Plays are in Spanish except for
the Ancon Theatre Guild that are in English.
Ancón Theater Guild, Ancón. •
Tel. (507) 212-0060/212-0024.
Aba Theater, Urb. Los Angeles
Bethania. • Tel: (507) 260-6316/236-3258
Anayansi Theater, Centro de
Convenciones Atlapa. • Tel: (507) 226-7000
Balboa Theater, Balboa Canal
Zone. • Tel: (507) 228-0327/262-1952
La Huaca Theater, Centro de
Convenciones Atlapa. • Tel: (507) 226-7000
Nacional Theater, Cl. 3 Catedral
and Ave. B. • Tel: (507) 262-3525/212-2922

Art
Galleries
Art Americas, Ave. Aquilino
de la Guardia • Tel: 214-9612
Bernheim Gallery, Calle 50,
Edif. Madison • Tel: 223-0012 • Fax: 223-0009 •
Email: bernheim@psi.net.pa
Enmarcados La Acuarela, Vía
Porras • Tel: 226-2467
Enmarcados Liner Gallery, Cl.
50 y 56 • Tel: 269-7029
Frames & Gallery, Cl. 50
y Vía Cicuentenario • Tel: 270-7502
Galeria Arteconsult, S.A., Ave.
Manuel Espinosa Batista • Tel: 269-1523 • Email: artecons@orbi.net
Galeria Artegma, Ave. Samuel
Lewis • Tel: 263-3816; Camino Real Bethania • Tel:
236-6740
Galeria y Enmarcados Habitante,
Cl. 48 y Cl. Uruguay • Tel: 264-6470
Imagen, Cl. 50 • Tel:
226-2649 • Fax: 226-8989 • Email: imagen@pty.com
Legacy Fine Arts, Ave. Balboa,
Calle 50 Este • Tel: 265-8141 • Email: legacy@sinfo.net
Marcorama, Ave. Ramon Arias
• Tel: 223-5001 • Fax: 223-5002; Ave. Balboa •
Tel: 269-0643; El Dorado • Tel: 260-5846 • Email:
imagen@pty.com
Marquetería Dalí,
Cl. Israel • Tel: 226-1018

Related
Links
National Culture
Institute (INAC) website (Spanish)
Asociación
Panameña de Museólogos (Spanish)
Asociación
Nacional de Conciertos (Spanish)