Guayaquil Museums

The Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, on 9 de Octubre y Moncayo, has a collection of pre-Columbian artifacts found on digs along the coastal line of the country.

The Museo del Banco Central, also on the 9 de Octubre, houses more archaeological exhibits from the same area and also includes a collection of gold masks, textiles, and ceramics.

Near the Malecon on Calle Sucre, the Museo Municipal boasts pre-Inca and Inca ceramics, local artifacts, and a collection of modern art and colonial art. The most unusual display has to be the collection of shrunken heads of the Jivaro prepared by Amazonian Indians centuries ago.