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Centro Interamericano de Artes Populares
A block away from Museo Remigio Crespo Toral (283 3208; Calle Larga 7-27 near Borrero), on the stairs down to the river, the Centro Interamericano de Artes Populares displays changing exhibits of traditional indigenous costumes, handicrafts and artwork from around Latin America. It has an outstanding crafts store and promotes many of its featured artists and artisans by selling their work.
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Museo de las Conceptas
Cuenca's best religious museum is housed in the Convent of the Immaculate Conception, which was founded in 1599. The chapel of the infirmary has a display of crucifixes by the noted 19th-century local sculptor Gaspar Sangurima. Other parts of the building display a variety of religious paintings, carvings, statuettes, nativity scenes and other art.
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Museo de las Culturas Aborígenes
Along Calle Larga, the Museo de las Culturas Aborígenes houses an outstanding collection of about 5000 archaeological pieces representing some 20 pre-Hispanic cultures of Ecuador and reaching as far back as 13,000 BC. The layout is very attractive, and there's a small gift shop and bookstore.
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Museo Pumapungo
Considered Cuenca's most important museum, Museo Pumapungo merits a visit for the maze-like ethnographic exhibit alone. An entire floor of colorfully animated dioramas displays the traditional costumes of Ecuador's many cultures, including Afro-Ecuadorians from Esmeraldas province, the cowboy-like montubios of the western lowlands, several rainforest groups and all the major highland groups.
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Museo Remigio Crespo Toral
Inside one of Calle Larga's historical buildings, the Museo Remigio Crespo Toral contains religious sculptures, colonial furniture, paintings and a fine selection of indigenous artifacts. It has been under restoration for some years and was scheduled to reopen in late 2006.
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