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Centro de Exhibiciones Marinas
The Centro de Exhibiciones Marinas, a marine exhibitions center operated by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), includes an informative marine museum with signs in English and Spanish, two small aquariums and a nature trail through a patch of dry forest containing sloths and iguanas.
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Instituto Nacional de Cultura
Instituto Nacional de Cultura is responsible for maintaining the country's museums and other cultural institutions. There is a small gallery on the 1st floor that displays works by Panamanian artists.
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Marine Exhibitions Center
Operated by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), the Marine Exhibitions Centre includes an informative marine museum with signs in English and Spanish, two small aquariums and a nature trail through a patch of dry forest containing sloths and iguanas.
At the museum you can also learn about the role that Panama's marine resources play in the country's economy, and the destructive and wasteful effects of harvesting fish and shrimp by net.
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Mi Pueblito
At the foot of Cerro Ancón, on the western side of town, Mi Pueblito features life-size replicas of rural villages found on the Península de Azuero, in Bocas del Toro and in the Darién. It also features extensive shops selling handicrafts from throughout the country and a handful of decent restaurants. Folk dances accompanied by live music are staged on Friday and Saturday at around - they're touristy but still worth a look.
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Museo Afro-Antilleano
The small Museo Afro-Antilleano has exhibits on the history of Panama's West Indian community, particularly their work building the railroad and later the canal.
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Museo Antropológico Reina Torres de Araúz
The Museo Antropológico Reina Torres de Araúz conveys the rich cultural heritage of Panama with a collection of pre-Colombian artifacts and exhibits.
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Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo is a privately owned museum with an excellent collection of works on paper by Latin American artists.
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Museo de Arte Religioso Colonial
Housed beside the ruins of the Iglesia y Convento de Santo Domingo, this art museum has a collection of colonial-era religious artifacts, some dating from the 16th century. Just inside the doorway of the ruins is the Arco Chato, a long arch that had stood here, unsupported, for centuries.
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Museo de Ciencias Naturales
Museo de Ciencias Naturales has sections on geology, paleontology, entomology and marine biology, as well as an impressive display of taxidermy.
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Museo de Historia Panamá
The modest Museo de Historia Panamá has a small selection of exhibits covering Panamanian history from the colonial period to the modern era.
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Museo de la Biodiversidad
Note that at the time of writing, construction on the Museo de la Biodiversidad, designed by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry, was well underway. This much-anticipated museum will be located at the tip of the Causeway.
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Museo de Sitio Panamá Viejo
Adjacent to the Mercado Nacional de Artesanías is the Museo de Sitio Panamá Viejo, which contains a rather impressive scale model of Panamá Viejo prior to 1671 as well as a few surviving colonial artifacts. All signs are in Spanish, though a brochure and tape recording recount the site's history in English.
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Museo del Canal Interoceánico
The impressive Museo del Canal Interoceánico is housed in a beautifully restored building that once served as the headquarters for the original French canal company. The Panama Canal Museum (as it's more commonly known) presents excellent exhibits on the famous waterway, framed in its historical and political context. Signs are in Spanish, but English-speaking guides and audio tours (around US$5 ) are available.
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