Museo Tambo Quirquincho, Historical art museum in Historic Center, La Paz, Bolivia.

The Museo Tambo Quirquincho occupies a two-story building with a central courtyard, entered from Calle Evaristo Valle and Plaza Alonso de Mendoza. Its interior facades hold an 18th-century arch carved with the Spanish royal crown and a mestizo-baroque arcade donated in 1984 by the Archbishopric of La Paz, salvaged from the demolished Convento de las Concebidas. A stone portal from the former Casa de los Ayesta stands on the plaza side.

The tambo, a storage and lodging house for agricultural goods and travellers, sheltered Alonso de Mendoza in 1548 before he founded La Paz on the site of today's Plaza Alonso de Mendoza. By the late 18th century it had four courtyards and was run by cacique Quirquincha. It was burned during the 1811 siege of La Paz, bought by Tadeo Diez de Medina in 1792, and served as a ballroom, skating rink and hospice before opening as a municipal museum on 20 October 1988.

The building's name comes from the Quechua word for the armadillo, kirkinchu, linked to the Irusta and Kirkincha properties recorded after the 1548 founding. In the 20th century it served as a Carnival dance hall, a skating rink, the Hospicio San José and the Oscar Alfaro kindergarten before opening as a municipal museum on 20 October 1988. Its central courtyard now hosts temporary exhibitions, concerts and performances.

The museum is located in an easily accessible area of the historic center at Plaza Alonso de Mendoza. Visiting the ten rooms and courtyards requires comfortable footwear and time to explore the rotating exhibitions and photographic displays.

The inner courtyard has two distinct arcades. One is an 18th-century arch carved with the crown of the king of Spain, a symbol of the indigenous caciques recognized as legitimate authorities by Spain. The other is a mestizo-baroque arcade donated to the city in 1984 by the Archbishopric of La Paz, taken from the demolished Convento de las Concebidas.