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Gallery & Museum Guide

Exhibitions

Arteconsult: "Dictados, memorias y flores," works by Octavio Arosemena

City Club Panama: "Sueños y realidades," works by Evene Rodríguez

Galeria Arlene Lachman: Collective show with works by Alberto Dutary, Coqui Calderón, Alicia Viteri, Olga Sánchez, Mario Calvit, Susie Arias, Braulio Matos, Eduardo Navarro, Luis Aguilar Ponce, Ana Lida Díaz, Fernando Toledo, Luis Olacirégui, Emily Zhukov, Olga Díaz, Guillermo Meza, Desiderio Sánchez, Raquel Eleta de Arias, Manuel Adán Vásquez, Pedro Montañez, Jaime Ventura, Paola Schmitt, Shirley Van Der Dijs de Mills, Charlotte, Marilyn Hargrove,Gabriel Noriega

Galeria Mateo Sariel: "Sobre mis pasos," paintings by Juan Carlos Marcos, through July 8

Museo de Bateria Morgan, Colon: Colón Vive, Photos by Céline Domengie, through June 21

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 Galleries

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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