Ecuador · Museum

2-Hour Camilo Egas Museum Tour in Quito with Modern Art Highlights

2 Hours Round trip from Calle Venezuela Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights

01 Marvel at "The Flower Vendors" (Las Floristas), depicting Otavalo Indigenous women
02 Learn about "The homeless workers," painted in the New York subway during the Great Depression
03 Visit the Camilo Egas Museum inside a restored 17th-century colonial mansion in Quito
04 Trace Camilo Egas's artistic evolution from early Quito portraits to New York works

Explore the Camilo Egas Museum in Quito on this 2-hour tour dedicated to the modernist painter Camilo Egas. Established in 1980 and housed in a restored 17th-century colonial mansion, the museum showcases the work of one of the pioneers of modern art in Ecuador and South America. Discover how his art evolved from early indigenous portraits created in Quito in the 1910s to socially realistic paintings produced after his move to New York in 1927.

Established in 1980 and housed in a restored 17th-century colonial mansion, the museum showcases the work of one of the pioneers of modern art in Ecuador and South America.

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At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 2 Hours

Tour type Shared

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Not included

Transport Not included

Wheelchair access Not applicable

Languages English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Camilo Egas Museum and Artistic Legacy

Visit the Camilo Egas Museum, established by the Central Bank of Ecuador and housed in a restored 17th-century colonial mansion in Quito.
Discover the most outstanding masterpieces that reveal Camilo's artistic evolution, from his earliest indigenous portraits created in Quito in the early 1910s to the socially realistic paintings he produced after moving to New York in 1927.

The route