Land of Angels

An introduction to the art of Ethiopia The second oldest civilization in Africa, it is the only one to have developed its own art since its conversion to Christianity in the 3rd century. The surprise of finding these black Madonnas, manuscripts, a school of painting...

Food Room

MAPI, in partnership with INAC – Instituto Nacional de Carnes (National Meat Institute), inaugurated the permanent “Food” Room, the first step in the museum’s Permanent Exhibition Renovation Plan. This exhibition presents interactive contents...

MIMLA Room

Here you will find a great diversity of instruments from different parts of the Americas and from different periods, ranging from pre-Columbian times to the present. Some of them are of indigenous origin, others Creole and others of Afro-American origin. The most...

Woods that speak Guarani

The purpose of the exhibition “Woods that speak Guarani” is to socialize knowledge regarding the belonging of the current national territory to a wider region that exceeds our borders and those of the other national states (Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay)...

Memory of Fire

MAPI presents “Memoria del Fuego”, based on Eduardo Galeano’s trilogy of the same name, on the 30th anniversary of the first edition. The work traces the history of the native peoples of Latin America from a mythical past to the 1980s, combining...

Mayan Prophecies What will happen in 2012?

These photographs are the result of a series of trips along the Mayan route made over several years, following the tradition established by nineteenth-century travelers who went to Mexico in search of adventure and mysticism. Javier Hinojosa undertakes a visual...

The voice of the voiceless.Mbya Guarani Community

The voice of the voiceless. Mbyá Guaraní Community. The Argentine Embassy in Uruguay and the MAPI – Museum of Pre-Columbian and Indigenous Art presented the exhibition “The voice of the voiceless. Mbya Guarani Community”, which opened on Saturday,...

Human Zoos

Images of natives of the Southern Cone (Mapuche and Fuegian), which were taken to Europe at the end of the 19th century to be exhibited in what became known as “human zoos”. The practice of anthropozoological exhibitions (of humans and animals in the same...

The other faces of Colombia

Colombia is a country of hidden masks. It is far from the big cities, in small towns and villages, where little-known masks come to life in celebrations, rites, popular festivals and carnivals. The diversity of masks in terms of their origin (Hispanic, indigenous and...