Museum of Art of El Salvador — Attraction in San Salvador

This review score reflects the very restricted opening hours of this museum, and the poor, misleading notification of opening hours on their website.

As of 7 January 2024, the museum's website indicated opening hours from 12 January. They also listed the (many) museum holidays throughout the year, and the very extensive break over Christmas '24 and early January '25. Bizarrely, the website did not explicitly list opening - or, more accurately, closing - dates over Christmas 2023 and early January '24. However, given that the museum was closed on 7 January, it would appear that the museum is closed for, at a minimum, eighteen days! While I appreciate that staff need holidays, I have never heard of a major gallery or museum closing for such an extended period in any...

A must visit in San Salvador. They have made a great work in curating a collection that speaks to their history and art progress process. They talk about their historical moments and the artistic trends/schools/movements in a way that teaches you some of the important events in El Salvador. They also had several groups of kids learning about art, which was amazing (but noisy!!). Luvd the San Avilés exhibit that had an interactive element to it, besides being a very well rounded painter with intelligent/expressive paintings. Finally, I bought souvenirs at the shop, which were better than some in the handcraft market, as I've found that Latin America is now invaded with Chinese-locally tagged merch, which have fallen from my grace to buy...

The museum, though small, was outstanding. Due to poor timing on my end I only had 45 minutes until they closed, and definitely would have liked more. The art is world class, and main gallery is a history through art of the country. The art is incredibly powerful and expressive, in large part due to the turmoil of the country. I would expect much of it could be displayed in major world museums. Guillermo was absolutely wonderful in explaining the exhibits and the history (in English since my Spanish is bad). My only complaint is that I wish the gift shop had sold things relevant to the art on display, though the items were of...