Casa del Alabado Museum of Pre-Columbian Art

Casa del Alabado
Pre-Columbian Art Museum
Established April 11, 2010
Location Cuenca N1-41 and Bolívar, Quito, Ecuador
Coordinates 0°13′17″S 78°30′57″W / 0.221258°S 78.515822°W / -0.221258; -78.515822Coordinates: 0°13′17″S 78°30′57″W / 0.221258°S 78.515822°W / -0.221258; -78.515822
Collections precolumbian art objects
Website alabado.org

Casa del Alabado is a Precolumbian Art Museum located in the historic downtown area of Quito, Ecuador. The museum is located in a colonial house built in the 17th century during the Spanish Colony. It houses a collection of over 5,000 archaeological pieces, 500 of which are on permanent display.

Casa del Alabado is unique in the sense that its display is organized thematically, not chronologically. The aim of the museum is to treat objects as works of art rather than archaeological remnants. The display is distributed along 8 rooms with 8 different themes, which serve as representations of cultural aspects of ancient Ecuadorian cultures: their cosmology, their relationship with their ancestors, their religious ideas and rituals, and their relationship with their environment.

The museum has:

8 exhibit rooms, 1 room for temporary exhibits, 2 rooms for workshops, a museum shop and 2 courtyards.

Opening Hours

Open from Monday to Sunday, from 9:00am to 5:30pm.

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