Museo Nacional de Etnografía y Folklore — Attraction in Municipio Sucre

A very nice building with almost nothing inside. Exhibits consist mostly of walls of text describing various cultural aspects (like foods or clothing) and a very small number of models or facsimiles of the things mentioned (e.g. a bowl of dried peppers next to a sign talking about how pepper is used in cooking). It's a reasonable way to spend a few minutes in Sucre but the museum sort of feels like it was organized by a committee that struggled to really agree on any particular vision or story for the exhibits.

As of June 2025, it's no longer free entry but 20bs...

I'll give it 4 stars just because it's free, but it's really dissappointing that there are almost no English translations. It shouldn't be so hard to just put an extra panel with English explanation to the main exhibits. After all the museum is supposed to give idea about Bolivian culture to people from abroad, so really should be some effort made to be inclusive of...

Nice small museum in the heart of Sucre. Beautiful images and exhibits in a very well maintained colonial house. It’s all in Spanish and the topics are somewhat complex, so if your Spanish isn’t great, you’ll have a hard time being able to read the texts. Otherwise, for a small entry fee it’s absolutely worth the 40ish minute visit if you’re...