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Museo de Arte Colonial
The San Carlos University, now in Guatemala City, was founded in Antigua in 1676; what used to be its main building (built in 1763), houses the Museo de Arte Colonial, with some expressive sculptures of saints and paintings by leading Mexican artists of the colonial era, such as Miguel Cabrera and Juan de Correa.
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Museo de Santiago
The Museo de Santiago is housed in the City Hall (which dates mostly from 1743) in the former town jail. The mermaid statues that once graced the fountain in the Central Park are here, along with a room full of creepy portraits whose eyes follow you everywhere. Also on exhibit are canons from the Castillo San Felipe and some good examples of colonial era pottery.
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Museo del Hermano Pedro
This museum houses relics from the Iglesia de San Francisco and the Santo Hermano's curiously well-preserved personal belongings, including some spectacularly uncomfortable-looking underwear. The pasillo de los milagros is a corridor jam-packed with testimonials, photos, plaques and crutches donated by people who claim to have been healed by the Hermano.
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Museo del Libro Antiguo
The Museo del Libro Antiguo showcases the greatest hits of the early days of Guatemalan printing, plus a replica of Guatemala's first printing press, which began work here in the 1660s. There is an entire room dedicated to the process of making marbled paper.
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