Museo del Barro

Museo del Barro
Museum Courtyard in 2025
Established1979
LocationAsunción, the capital of Paraguay.
Collectionsprints and drawings for public spaces and educational displays.
Collection sizeThe 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.