The Museum of Pre-Columbian and Indigenous Art (MAPI) presents its 2026 Education Program, aimed at educational institutions of all levels, with educational proposals that promote learning through heritage, dialogue with curricular content and the active participation of children and young people. This year, the program incorporates a new workshop in keeping with the theme of Heritage Day 2026 in Uruguay, and is complemented by a calendar of temporary exhibitions that will accompany the educational work throughout the year.

➜ MAPI 2026 Education Program

MAPI’s Educational Services Department continues to develop teaching proposals that link the museum visit with work in the classroom, offering workshops and guided tours designed for preschool, primary and secondary education. The activities are based on the analysis of objects from the museum, the exchange of ideas and collective reflection, giving teachers tools to deepen the content before and after the visit.

The 2026 Education Program brings together both the museum’s classic proposals and new working formats, maintaining a participatory and accessible approach and reinforcing the museum’s role as a space for learning, encounter and the construction of knowledge.

➜ New workshop: “Indigenous Roots”

Within the framework of the Heritage Day 2026 theme, “Indigenous Roots: Past, Present and Future,” MAPI adds the new workshop “Indigenous Roots” to the program. The proposal invites participants to approach the Indigenous past and present through the analysis of objects from the museum, excerpts from historical chronicles and hands-on activities. During the guided tour of the galleries, participants reflect on the ways of life of Indigenous peoples, their relationship with their environment, and their encounters and clashes with the Europeans.

The workshop concludes with a group activity in which, based on selected texts, participants recreate scenes of Indigenous life by building a scale model. This activity promotes historical interpretation, critical reflection and collaborative work, strengthening the link between heritage, memory and identity.

➜ Temporary exhibitions 2026

Throughout 2026, MAPI will offer a varied program of temporary exhibitions that engage in dialogue with the education program and enrich the visitor experience:

○Nativity, on view until April 13.
○Starting in May, the exhibition Native Woodland, of paintings by Carmela Piñón.
○In August, NINGYO: Art and Beauty of Japanese Doll will open.

Toward the month of October, the museum will present an exhibition developed together with researchers from the Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences, focused on research into Indigenous ancestry in the Uruguayan population.