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Gallery & Museum Guide

Exhibitions

Artegma: "Mis 90 años de vida honrada," works of painter, musician and caricaturist Eudoro Silvera, best known as the father of Panamanian political cartooning, through June 4

Casa Gongora: Photos of Central America by Klaudiv Sluban, through May 23. Co-sponsored by the Alliance Francais and the Mayor of Panama City

Galeria Arlene Lachman: Collective show with works by Guillermo Trujillo, Alicia Viteri, Braulio Mattos, Fernando Toledo, Emily Zhukov, Eduardo Navarro, Coqui Calderón, Ana Lida Díaz, Luis Aguilar Ponce, Mario Calvit,  Octavio Arosemena, Guillermo Meza, Paola Schimitt,  Olga Sánchez,  Olga Díaz, Jaime Ventura, Sandra Eleta, Raquel Eleta de Arias, Manuel Adán Vásquez, Pedro Montañez

Hotel El Panama: "Pinceladas Rusas," Russian paintings in an exposition to remember the horrors, sacrifices and ultimate victory in the war against the Nazi invaders, through May 18

Manolo Caracol: Works by Braulio Matos, through May 23. See http://www.manolocaracol.net

Museo de Penonome: Penonome Ayer, photos by Professor Jaime Yau

Parque Urraca: Earth Day 2006 installations, through May 22

Plaza del Mar (Multicentro): Photos of Coiba's natural treasures, through May 20

Weil Art: Permanent rotating show by Jean  Francois Provost

Museums

AFRO-ANTILLEAN MUSEUM OF PANAMA: Calle 24 and Justo Arosemena, Panama, 262-5348

CASA MUSEO DEL BANCO NACIONAL DE PANAMA: Calle 30, between Avenia Cuba and Justo Arosemena

CASA DE ADUANAS: Old colonial-era customs house, in Portobelo, Colon province

DIGGERS MUSEUM: City of Knowledge, Panama, 317-0635

MUSEO ANTROPOLOGO REINA TORRES DE ARAUZ: (CLOSED while the museum moves from its old premises on Plaza Cinco de Mayo to its new location in what would have been the Tucan Museum  in Curundu), 262-8338

MUSEO DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO: Avenida de los Martires, Panama, 262-8012

MUSEO DEL CANAL INTEROCEANICO: Plaza Catedral Casco Viejo, Panama, 211-1649

MUSEO DE HISTORIA Y ARTE JOSE DE OBALDIA: Calle 6 Oeste, David, 775-7839

MUSEO DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD: Amador Causeway, Panama

MUSEO DE LA ESMERALDA: Via Italia, Panama, 215-1664

MUSEO DE PENONOME: Bolevarda San Antonio, Penonome, 997-8490

MUSEO EL VALLE DE ANTON: Next to the Catholic Church, El Valle

MUSEO POSTAL Y TELEGRAFICO: Diagonal from the Don Bosco Church on Avenida Central, next to the post office, email filatelia@cwpanama.net

PARQUE ARQUEOLOGICO EL CAÑO: El Caño, Cocle province

ART AMERICA: Calle Aquilino de Guardia, Panama

ARTECONSULT: Calle 54 at Avenida 73 in San Francisco, Panama, 270-7517 or 270-3436, email diana@moreinis.com

ARTEGMA: Avenida Samuel Lewis, Panama, building 19, 263-3816

CASA CULTURAL HUELLAS: Calle Thais de Pons and Calle 1 El Carmen, across from Eterna Plaque, 265-8703

CASA GONGORA: Avenida Central and Calle 4ta (Casco Viejo), Panama

GALERIA ARLENE LACHMAN: Edificio Bahia Balboa #4, Paitilla, Panama. Phone 215-2935, email alachman@cwpanama.net

GALERIA CASCO VIEJO: Punta Pacifica shopping center in Paitilla, Panama

GALERIA ALIANZA FRANCESA: At the Alliance Française on Avenida Federico Boyd, Panama

GALERIA HABITANTE: Calle Uruguay and Avenida 5B Sur, building 48, Panama, 223-8869

GALERIA LA BOHEMIA: Calle 51, building 34, Panama, 264-0590

GALERIA MERY PALMA: In the Hotel Caesar Park, Panama, 226-4077, ext. 6239

GALERIA Y ENMARCADOS ARTE PLAZA: David, 774-1020

GANEXA: Calle Del Valle, Panama, 264-3961

IMAGEN: Calle 50, Edificio Imagen, Panama, 226-2649

INAC: Plaza Francia, Panama

IT'S ART GALLERY: World Trade Center, Panama

LEGACY FINE ART: Avenida Balboa and Calle 50. Panama, 265-8141

MARCORAMA: Avenida Ramon Arias, Panama, 223-5001

MATEO SARIEL: Calle 74 E, building 8, Panama, 270-2404

WEIL ART: Calle 28 Bella Vista, Panama, 264-9697


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