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Casa de la Independencia
Asunción's oldest building is the Casa de la Independencia . Built in 1772, it was where Paraguayans declared independence in 1811. The quaint museum features furniture, coins and copies of speeches, although explanations are in Spanish only.
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Centro Cultural Manzana de la Rivera
Across the street from the Palacio de Gobierno is the free Centro Cultural Manzana de la Rivera, a complex of eight colorful and restored houses. The oldest is Casa Viola (1750), where the Museo Memoria de la Ciudad houses a history of Asunción's urban development.
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Museo Boggiani
The well-organized Museo Boggiani stretches artistic pursuits to a new feathery high - it houses much of the feather art collection of Italian ethnographer Guido Boggiani, who conducted fieldwork with the Chamacoco Indians of the upper Río Paraguay. It's well worth the 45min bus ride.
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Museo de Historia Natural
The Museo de Historia Natural is notable only for its spectacular display of insects - including a butterfly with a 274mm wingspan. From downtown, the most direct bus is 44-B ('Artigas') from Oliva and 15 de Agosto, which goes right to the gates.
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Museo del Barro
Everyone's favorite, Museo del Barro, is east of the center in a slick modern neighborhood. It displays everything from modern paintings to pre-Columbian and indigenous crafts to political caricatures of prominent Paraguayans. Take bus 30 from Oliva and alight at Av Molas López; the museum is to the south off Callejón Cañada in a contemporary building.
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Museo Etnográfico Andrés Barbero
The free anthropological and archaeological Museo Etnográfico Andrés Barbero displays indigenous tools, ceramics and weavings, plus superb photographs and maps showing where each item comes from.
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