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Gallery & Museum Guide

Gallery & Museum Guide

Exhibitions

Alliance Française: “Escenario de los Sentidos,” photos by students at INAC’s Escuela de Artes Plasticas, through August 26

Arteconsult: Works by Dominican artist Germán Pérez

Casa Gongora: De Nueva York a la Tierra del Fuego: Cuadernos Americanos, watercolors by Christophe Philibert

French Embassy's Ferdinand de Lesseps Cultural Space: quot;Le Canal Royal du Languedoc"

Galeria Arlene Lachman: Panamanian painters of the 50s, 60s and 70s, with works by 22 artists

Galeria Mateo Sariel: "Crónicas de una visión," collective show by painters Carlos Rodaniche, Walterio Iraheta, Raquel Eleta, Max Steven Grossman and Miky Fábrega, through August 31

Galeria Mery Palma: Paintings by Thannyo De Freitas

Museo de Antropologia Reina Torres de Arauz (new locale in Curundu): Works of Auguste Rodin

Museo de Arte Contemporaneo: "Panamá Gráfico," graphic designs by Ají Pintao, Mark Hanly, Orosmán De la Guardia, Revolver, Virgilio Milord, Diseño 507, through September 3

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, 448-2024

DIGGERS MUSEUM: City of Knowledge, Panama, 317-0635
MUSEO BELISARIO PORRAS: 994-6326

MUSEO DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO: Avenida de los Martires, Panama, 262-8012
MUSEO DE ARTE RELIGIOSO: Casco Viejo, 228-2897

MUSEO DEL CANAL INTEROCEANICO: Plaza Catedral, Casco Viejo, Panama, 211-1649
MUSEO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES: 225-0645

MUSEO DE COLON: Calle 13, Colon, near the bus terminal

MUSEO DE HERRERA: Calle Manuel M. Correa, Chitre, 996-0077

MUSEO DE HISTORIA: 228-6321

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: Plaza Catedral, Casco Viejo, 215-1664
MUSEO DE LA NACIONALIDAD: Calle Jose Vallarino, La Villa de Los Santos, 966-8192

MUSEO DE LA TRADICION: Las Tablas, 994-6519

MUSEO DE LA SAL Y DEL AZUCAR: Plaza 19 de Octubre, Aguadulce

MUSEO DE PENONOME: Bolevarda San Antonio, Penonome, 997-8490
MUSEO DE ZARATE: Calle 21 de Enero, Guarare, 994-5644

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

ADUANA DE PORTOBELO: In the restored Spanish colonial customs house, Portobelo, Colon province, 448-2024

SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE MARINE EXHIBITION CENTER: Isla Culebra, Amador Causeway, 212-8793  

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
ENCUENTROS: Calle 73 este, casa No. 27, San Francisco, Panama, 226-6484 or 226-0567

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

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
RISAKUA ARTS & CRAFTS: Edificio Los Milciades, Avenida Obaldía, David, 777-4069

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

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