Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Asunción, Art museum in central Asunción, Paraguay.
This national art institution displays more than 650 works including paintings, sculptures, ceramics, prints, and photographs created by Paraguayan and international artists representing different periods and styles.
Silvano Godoy founded this institution in 1909 and became its first director, donating his personal collection of antique coins and furniture that formed the foundation of the holdings.
The collection represents both European artistic traditions and national creativity through works by Paraguayan painters Saturio Ríos and Aurelio García alongside French and Italian 19th-century schools.
The museum stands on Eligio Ayala Street between Pa'i Pérez and Curupayty, while the English source places it at Mcal. Estigarribia and Iturbe; check the address before setting out. The building formerly housed the museum until 2011, when the collection moved and the National Archives took over the premises. A deposit of around 650 further pieces is kept at the National Archive building.
The museum's storage holds around 650 further pieces in the National Archive building, which served as the museum's own seat until 2011. Among the works kept is a series of 57 satirical drawings by Miguel Acevedo on the belle époque.
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