Museo de las Culturas. It is a beautiful, great and wonderful place located in the canton Cotacachi, in province of Imbabura, in the Ecuadorian highland. I visited with my family. An extremely interesting place that has a fairly complete exhibition on the history of Cotacachi, its geography, its ancestral practices and the intervention of its inhabitants in the history of the music of Ecuador. All the information provided is quite complete, it allows the visitor to interact within each room, in addition its staff is highly trained to attend to visitors since they provide all the necessary information about Cotacahi. The museum and all its staff convey a feeling of pride in their roots and ancestral practices!! You can see the representation of intercultural relations present in the canton, the ways of life, customs, traditions. It is the depository of the history and cultural identity of Cotacachi, in the rooms the ethnographic, archaeological, artisanal and musical aspects are exhibited, exponents of the life of this town. In the center of the Cotacachi canton is located the Museums of Cultures. This institution, directed by the Raíces Foundation, was inaugurated on August 14, 1977, after a decade of management, research and planning. Currently, it works in the old Municipal Palace. The Museum of Cultures is divided into three areas. The first room presents a historical review of the Cotacachi canton. With the support of maps, explanatory certificates and archaeological samples, the first human settlements that arrived 14,000 years ago, the Inca and Spanish invasion and the first years of the Republic, are represented. The second room, of traditional crafts, presents the production techniques that were developed in the 19th century. The samples made in life size represent various manual activities, such as pottery, basketry, textiles, espadrilles, etc. The third room is dedicated to the religious festivals of the community, in a sample of the syncretism between Catholicism and indigenous religiosity. Here is Holy Week, which for the indigenous people is harvest time. The Dance of the Abagos or Corpus Cristi. The festival of San Juan and San Pedro or Inti Raymi (Sun worship); the Cult of the Dead, in which the Running Angel takes part; and the Culto Grande or the festival in honor of Santa Ana de Cotacachi. There is also a module in which the history of the music of the canton is exposed. I recommend to visit it. Because, this is a relaxed and great place, and you can enjoy this moment unique. Good museum located inside an old colonial building, it is in one of the best streets, it is a pedestrian street with well-preserved colonial buildings This museum is a bit of the history of the region, especially of this city It has a part dedicated to music The museum has a well-equipped library with all the possibilities of working there with computers from the library or with its own computers, signal to cover the perfect WIFI You can spend a pleasant, comfortable and very friendly time with the people of the city.

Museo de las Culturas opens up the history and culture of both Cotacachi and Imbabura by revealing the music, the economic life and the architecture of this unique area.