Museo Nacional de la Acuarela y Fonoteca Nacional

Took a stroll down Avenida Sosa again about two weeks ago. I was with Olivia and Ariana. It was nice and sunny. Didn't get caught in the rain. Off of Avenida Sosa is a museum with a lot of watercolor paintings. It is free so we checked it out. Photography was not allowed inside but I have some shots of the outside.

The museum is a somewhat small, two story house set in a lovely garden

There were some cool sculptures in the garden

A close up of one of the sculptures. There is abalone shell embedded into it. There were quite a few of the sculptures with abalone shell.

Ariana and Olivia admiring one of the sculptures.

Olivia, she has been into posing for the camera lately. Sometimes she'll ask me to take her picture. She did at this particular moment.

Olivia started throwing a fit because I wouldn't pick her up. She couldn't walk. Boo. I eventually picked her up just to shut her up. If you know Olivia, she can scream pretty loud. I just wasn't in the mood to deal with it.

Very close by is the Fonoteca Nacional, which is located in the Casa Alvarado (mentioned in a previous post-Avenida Francisco Sosa) Fortunately, Olivia calmed down so we were able to check it out. It is free to enter as well. They have an archive here that Ariana wanted to check out. Not really sure what all is available here but there were some cool displays of musical instruments and a very nice, large garden to stroll around. There's also a cafe.

One of the instruments

Some nice tile work

Shots of the garden

Olivia standing in the courtyard



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