Museums

Panama, July 21, 2026. - The steering team of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC), headed by its president, Antonio Murzi, received a copy of the Manual of Procedures for Obtaining a Cultural Development Certificate (CFC) from the Ministry of Culture (MiCultura). At a meeting with members of the directive [...]

Panama, July 15, 2026 - The Ministry of Culture, in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (BID), announced the opening of the contest for the design of the logo of Reina Torres de Arauz's Anthropological Museum (MARTA). The initiative aims to give him a renewed visual identity that will accompany the project of complete restoration of [...]

Panama, 9 July 2026. - The Museum of Freedom and Human Rights opened the Tolerance Building and the "Guardian of History" room, a new space dedicated to the preservation of historic memory, the promotion of human rights and the promotion of peaceful co-existence. The protocolary [...]

Panama February 21, 2026. The historic sculpture of Liberador Simón Bolívar will receive a preventive conservation process and will be re-located in a new strategic space at the entrance to the town of Colón as part of the actions to rescue the historic and cultural heritage advanced by the Panamanian state. The project will [...]

Coclé, February 20, 2026. - In the year 2026 excavations season at the archaeological site El Caño, in Natá de los Knights District, province of Coclé, the excavation of a new grave, called Tumba 3, is currently being completed. The excavations are financed by the Ministry of Culture of Panama [...]

Las Tablas, 9 February 2026. - The heart of the Panamanian folklor beats more strongly this week. The Belisario Porra Museum opens its doors to an exhibition that promises to transport visitors directly to the luxury and tradition of Porras Park: the show "Polleres, Trembeques and Photographs of the Tableño Carnival." Under the [...]

Panama, January 12, 2026. - To have up-to-date information and to design sound public and private policies are the main aims of creating the National Register of Museums. From this database, the Ministry of Culture (MiCultura) will be better able to plan, prioritize actions, design targeted policies and target resources more equitably [...]

The Herrera Museum "Fabio Rodriguez" received an archaeological piece of high historic value, donated by the Corro Cano Delgado family, on Sunday November 9, during an official event headed by the national director of Museums, Raúl Castro Zacrisson. The surrender was held with local authorities, members of the museum and representatives of [...]

Panama, 6 October 2025. - The "Toro Itinerante de Pucará: Ambassador of the Peruvian Altiplano" will be held throughout October 2015 at the Regional Museum of Veraguas. The sample of ancient ceramics from Peru that was presented by Peru's ambassador to Panama, Mario López. That cultural event forms [...]

Panama, July 21, 2025. - The Manuel F. Zárate Museum, located at Guararé, exhibits one of the oldest nightclubs that exist in Panama. It's believed that this piece has about 160 years of production, was donated by the family Alvarez Díaz to Manuel Zárate and his wife Dora de Zárate, by his [...]