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Museo San Francisco Cultural Center
Cultural institution located in La Paz city, Bolivia

Museo San Francisco Cultural Center

The Museo San Francisco Cultural Center is a cultural institution located in La Paz city, Bolivia.

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It was established with the aim of preserving and conserving the arts and memories related to events and historic moments of the city of La Paz in Bolivia, because the history of the convent and the Basilica of San Francisco that houses the museum is closely related to the history of this city.

How locals move

Getting around Museo San Francisco Cultural Center the local way

Share-taxi routes mapped nearby
  • Trufi 408: Ciudad Satélite - San Pedro · Trufi 408
  • 212 MiniBus 212: Plaza Isabel La Católica → Aeropuerto El Alto · COTRANSTUR
  • 212 MiniBus 212: Aeropuerto El Alto → Plaza Isabel La Católica · COTRANSTUR
  • 731 MiniBus 731: Calle 3 → Zona Ventilla
  • 731 MiniBus 731: Zona Ventilla → Calle 3

OpenStreetMap contributors.

  • Get in{{go | name | url | address -16.4884 | long easily reached with the Línea Azul gondola, and frequent trufi connections from El Alto bus station or Ceja (Bs.
  • Get in1) | phone | hours | wikipedia | lastedit=2018-05-10 | content=Besides the station, Río Seco also just refers to the from where many minibuses leave and where all buses from the terminal also pass by.
  • Get in2 for the ferry, 3.5 hr), Sorata, Desaguadero, and Tiwanaku (Bs.
  • Get aroundThere are three types of shared public transportation in La Paz: regular buses or "micros"; shared vans, called "mini buses", and shared taxis running set routes advertised on the windshield, called "trufis".
  • Get aroundYou can hail a bus or mini bus anywhere; to get off, just yell out "¡voy a bajar!" A system of nine cable car lines (Mi Teleférico) connects El Alto with downtown La Paz and reaches even Imparvi.
  • Get aroundMore stations and lines are being added and using them saves a lot of time, compared to taxis or minibuses, which sometimes wait for decades in the traffic.
  • Get aroundEven if you're not trying to get to El Alto, riding a cable car is an experience in itself.
  • Go nextThe most popular day trips from La Paz are to Tiwanaku, Chacaltaya, and Lake Titicaca, though the latter (especially Copacabana) is pushing it a bit in terms of time and worthy of a trip.

From Wikivoyage: La Paz, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Ligocsicnarf89 (CC BY 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.