Museo del Barro
Museum Courtyard in 2025 | |
| Established | 1979 |
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| Location | Asunción, the capital of Paraguay. |
| Collections | prints and drawings for public spaces and educational displays. |
| Collection size | The clay museum houses over 300 pieces of pre-Columbian ceramics, and contains some 4,000 items of wood, fabric, and metal from the 17th century to the present day |
Museo del Barro is a museum located on the outskirts of Asunción, the capital of Paraguay. Initially, it was a private, traveling collection that, after seven years, secured a permanent home. The museum now comprises three distinct divisions: a pottery museum, an indigenous art museum and a contemporary art collection.