Museo Costumbrista "Juan De Vargas" Peace

Name: Juan de Vargas Museum of Costumbrista
Location: Sucre Avenue, in front of Riosinho Square, between Armentia avenue and Apolinar street Jaén, in the center of La Paz.
Inauguration: May 1979
Name: named after the first mayor of La Paz, Juan de Vargas.

The museum is dedicated to showing the customs, traditions and historical milestones of the city of La Paz.

According to various sources, These are some of the rooms it has:

Temporary room — for traveling exhibitions
Mask room — displays traditional masks and costumes from folk dances such as the Kusillo, he kicks, the cucumber
Room of the La Paz chola — clothing, accessories, jewelry of La Paz women in different periods
Diorama Room — miniature historical scenes and models that recreate local events and customs
Ekeko Room — museum work in which different representations of Ekeko are exhibited, a very famous traditional piece in Bolivia
La Paz festivities room — the most representative festivals of La Paz are shown: Alasitas, Carnaval, Great Power, All Saints, etc.

Some of the most striking objects or exhibits:

Metal float of former president Ismael Montes (ca.. 1900)
Miniature replica of the founding of La Paz, made of ceramic
Characters historicized in clay corresponding to the 16th to 20th centuries
Historical events represented: the hanging of Pedro Domingo Murillo (1809), the martyrdom of Túpac Katari, etc.
old photographs, models of the old La Paz tram, allusions to pre-Columbian dairy farms