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Cultural Heritage

They publish an invitation to tender to restore an old Abel Bravo school and to create the Center for Art and Culture at Colón

The Ministry of Culture published at the PanamaBuy portal the public event of the best bid for the restoration of the old school Abel Bravo, that will become the Centre for Art and Culture of Colón, in fulfilment of task 96 referred to in the priority actions of the President's Government Plan [...]

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MiCultura delivers keys to restore Portobelo's Customs

The Ministry of Culture (MiCultura) held an event to surrender the keys to the construction project manager company, S.A. (APORCOSA) for the restoration of the Customs property at Portobelo as part of the project "Restoration of Portobelo Customs District of Portobelo, Colón Province," which was awarded to this

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MiCultura participated from the world meeting of Patrimonians

The Ministry of Culture, through its National Direction of Historical Heritage, participated in the "Cities with five centuries," "Reunion of Cities of the 16th Century, World Heritage" Forum that was held in a virtual manner as part of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the registration of the Cultural City Site of Santo Domingo, Republic

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Advances inter-institutional committee for development of Portobelo and San Lorenzo

Panama, August 28, 2020 - The leaders of Culture, Carlos Aguilar Navarro, and of the Environment, Milciades Concepción, and the vice ministers of territorial planning, José Batista and the General Administrator of the Tourism Authority of Panama, Ivan Eskildsen, have been presiding at the first regular meeting of ministers and authorities of the Interinstitutional Committee for the Comprehensive Development of Portobelo

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MiCultura conduct virtual activities at first year's celebration

The state's leading entity with respect to the promotion and protection of cultural rights celebrates its first anniversary, with the 501 years of Panama City and the 106 years of Panama Canal. To Carlos Aguilar Navarro, Minister of Culture, the 15th of August is a date of great significance

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Highlights of inputs from indigenous peoples

Panama, August 9, 2020 - On International Indigenous Peoples' Day, the National Government, through the Ministry of Culture, highlights the valuable contribution of the ethnic communities to shaping the Panamanian nation. The Minister of Culture, Carlos Aguilar Navarro, stated that at this time of great challenges to the pandemic

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MiCultura welcomes approval at first project debate that declares Natah as capital of national culture and history

Panama, 4 July 2020 - The Ministry of Culture expressed its satisfaction at the adoption at first debate of bill 200 "that declares the town of Natah as capital of culture and national history," in commemoration of its 500-year Founding.

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UNESCO Survey will measure affections to living heritage in the Covid-19 pandemic

The Ministry of Culture, through the National Directorate of Historical Heritage, from the General Coordination of Intangible Cultural Heritage, makes available at its website www.cultura.gob.pa, the survey proposed by UNESCO: "Experiences of living heritage in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic," aimed at bearers of living heritage related to different peoples

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The Ministry of Culture opens tender for Portobelo Customs

Panama, July 7, 2020 - The Ministry of Culture held at the Anita Villalaz Theater the Act of Reception and Opening of proposals for the National Public tender for the Restoration of Customs of Portobelo, located in the District of Portobelo province of Colón. That project will be financed by the Inter-American Bank of

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