Museum of Fine Arts: Cultural Heritage of Venezuela (+anniversary)

Published at: 19/10/2025 08:13 AM

On October 19, 1917, the provisional president of Venezuela, Victorino Márquez Bustillos, decreed the creation of the Museum of Fine Arts of Caracas, a cultural institution that was initially located at the Central University of Venezuela (UCV).

The first exhibition consisted of 153 Venezuelan works by 19th century academic teachers in addition to the new trends pertaining to the Academy of Fine Arts, according to a review published on the website of the National Museum Foundation.

This emblematic museum was the first created for the exhibition of plastic arts and is one of the oldest cultural heritages in the country.

Later, in 1938, the Museum of Fine Arts was moved to Los Caobos Park in Caracas, where the architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva designed a large neoclassical building as its official headquarters.

This space then passed into the hands of the National Art Gallery until 2008. It currently has 18 rooms, where collectible works from different periods and cultures from Latin America, North America and Europe are exhibited, as well as a valuable compilation of works on paper, Egyptian art and Chinese ceramics.

Mazo News Team