Carnival Museum

The Carnival Museum is located at 25 De Mayo Street in the "Ciudad Vieja" in Montevideo, Uruguay. It was built in November 2006. The museum has galleries on Candombe, Carnival, Uruguayan Carnival and Murga.

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Opening hours: Wednesday—Sunday 11:00 AM—5:00 PM
Type: Museum
Description: museum in Montevideo, Uruguay
Also known as: “Museo de Carnaval”
Address: 218 Rambla 25 de Agosto de 1825

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mercado del Puerto and Museum of Pre-Columbian and Indigenous Art.

Mercado del Puerto

Food court

Photo: Pedro Felipe, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Mercado del Puerto is a gastronomic and cultural venue in the Ciudad Vieja neighborhood of Montevideo, Uruguay. Originally built as a covered marketplace, it no longer functions as one and now houses restaurants serving traditional Uruguayan cuisine, with a focus on asado cooked over open-fire parrillas.

Museum of Pre-Columbian and Indigenous Art

Museum

Photo: Museo MAPI, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Museum of Pre-Columbian and Indigenous Art is an ethnographic museum located in Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo, Uruguay, dedicated to the indigenous cultures of different parts of Latin America. Museum of Pre-Columbian and Indigenous Art is situated 250 metres southeast of Carnival Museum.

Hospital Maciel

Hospital

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Hospital Maciel is a hospital located in 25 de Mayo 174, Old City in Montevideo. It is one of the oldest hospitals in Uruguay. The land was originally donated in Spanish colonial times by philanthropist Francisco Antonio Maciel, who teamed up with Mateo Vidal to establish a hospital and charity. Hospital Maciel is situated 290 metres south of Carnival Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ciudad Vieja and Barrio Sur.

Ciudad Vieja

Suburb

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Ciudad Vieja is a barrio in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay. Located in a peninsula at the entrance of the natural port of Montevideo it was founded in 1724 as a walled city by the Spanish Empire.

Barrio Sur

Suburb

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Barrio Sur is a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay. It borders Ciudad Vieja to the west, Centro to the north, Palermo to the east and the coastline to the south.

Montevideo

Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.

Montevideo is the capital city of Uruguay, on the east bank of the Rio de la Plata. Though sometimes overlooked beside nearby Buenos Aires, Montevideo is the cultural and political center of the country.

Carnival Museum

Categories: folk museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Municipio B, Montevideo Department, Uruguay, South America
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Latitude

-34.90573° or 34° 54′ 21″ south

Longitude

-56.21217° or 56° 12′ 44″ west

Open location code

48Q53QVQ+P4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 457975586

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q15207640

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In Other Languages

From German to Spanish—“Carnival Museum” goes by many names.

German: “Museo del Carnaval”
Polish: “Muzeum Karnawału”
Portuguese: “Museu do Carnaval”
Spanish: “Museo del Carnaval”

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