The Monsignor Carlos Gericke Suárez Cathedral Museum, of the Archdiocese of Santa Cruz, launched an official Facebook page. The director of the museum, Marcelo Quiroz, indicated that The purpose is to keep the faithful informed about the activities, events, courses and research carried out by the museum.
“The intention is to publish and make known that this museum is truly a treasure of Santa Cruz religiosity. We want people to know, to come to its museum, since the history of Santa Cruz is made under the shadow of the cross, therefore, from now on, the cathedral museum is open to the public and is going to start to interact too, photographs will be taken of the groups that come to visit because people like to be connected on the networks, so we are going to publish that to be closer, “said Quiroz.
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In addition, he indicated that for the months of January and February the entrance to the viewpoint of the third floor of the cathedral and to the rooms of the museum is in promotion to a modest cost of Bs. 10 and if the expected reception is received, it could last for the entire month of March.
“The promotion now is for Bs. 10, which grants the right to go up to the viewpoint of the cathedral tower and the visit to the four rooms of the museum: wooden room, liturgical ornaments room, silverware room and the art gallery where the paintings and decorations of different bishops, cardinals and archbishops are, “he added.
At the same time, it reminds the population that inside the museum you can not take pictures for security and preservation reasons. However, in the viewpoint they are allowed.
About the museum
The Museum of Sacred Art Mons. Carlos Gericke Suárez was founded on September 22, 1983 and houses works in wood, fabrics, silver, painting, books, among others, dating from 1603.
The Cathedral Museum It has four different rooms in which you can see wood carvings, medallions of saints, pulpit, images of the Holy Family, silverware and paintings of Saints and prelates who worked for the Diocese.
Business hours are from Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.