Nice and interesting museum! Nice to travel in time to learn about the canal but also about Panama and learn that even as early as late 1500 colonial powers but mostly Spain thought about digging a canal! Sad to see that again the Indigenous populations were the big losers during the colonial period and after. I knew the Americans had played a key role back then to finish the canal but had forgotten about their role in 1989 when they invaded Panama to get rid of Noriega. It is great to realize that Panama came a long way and struggled with dictators but have established now democratic institutions. Recent strikes and protests about the exploitation of a copper mine by a Canadian company has shown that Panamanians are master in their own house!

Like others have mentioned before in their reviews, there is not much English at the start but it gets much better as we went through different eras.

Why not 5 stars? Well I would have liked to rent an audio-guide but it was not offered when we bought tickets. Actually, the young ladies at the front were not very interested to chat and there is no map to guide through the different rooms.

But it is a nice museum and a must see!