This renovated museum housed in a beautiful blue-and-white colonial building is small but does a thorough job examining the history and traditions of Coclé and, by extension, Panama, with a surprisingly good collection of pre-Columbian pottery, religious art and traditional furniture.
Museo de Penonomé
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