Very disappointing. I don't think I've ever given one star to a museum before. The exhibition, if that's the right word, is organised across three floors. But alot of the exhibition spaces are EMPTY, presumably being refurbished. The carnival exhibits there, well go to the "Carnival Museum" instead. You'll see much better there. Also there is almost no English descriptions of the items display. Don't waste U$130 coming here, go to the "Carnival Museum" (near the dockside) instead.

I liked what they had to show but it feels like the displays and exhibits could be expanded as well as a greater amount of indigenous art. It’s free entry and worth the visit! Temporary collections were interesting also concerning the carnival

Nice museum with exhibits that illustrate the various indigenous peoples in central and South America. Very manageable. Nice cafe attached where you can relax.

Completely omits the Charrua people that were actually on the land the museum sits. Not worth your time.

The Mapi Café it's a nice place to drink a coffe and eat some deserts and also you can take a visit at the Museo de Arte Precolombino e indígena and see some interesting piece on exhibition

it's free, worth a visit, even though I expected more.

Surrounded by far better places to visit, this is a miserable collection of really gormless exhibits. And the art they were there to curate wasn’t very good either.

Nice but rather limited collection along with some modern art. Shocked to find one major exhibit featuring Comanche history.

It is 5 starts for what it is compared to the other local options. It is a small but interesting museum that is pretty much inexpensive to enter. Highly recommended.

There is very little to see. The first floor gives some very elementary information on the history. They have a couple things worth seeing. The second floor is almost exclusively masks for… well something, it isn’t super thoroughly explained. Finally the third floor, like many rooms on other floors, is completely empty although one door is open and we could explore a bit of the abandoned building. It looking like maybe there used to be more or they’re planning to make more. Overall not quite worth the $150 pesos, but had one or two interesting things.

Not an extensive collection but exposition on Australian art was great

Poor displays, no English translation for inter travellers. Needs to be cleaned up it's quite messy

Of the many museums I visited in Uruguay, this one was my favorite.

Interesting exhibits but little in English.

Aug 2022. Tickets 100 pesos for nationals, 150 pesos for foreigners. We liked the building a lot and seeing school children having a guided tour around which they followed with great interest. One of the few museums with explanations in English and Portuguese as well as Spanish. Short but sweet. Would love to see more artifacts in each room but definitely enjoyed it.

Nice museum. The fee is U$130.00 each. This is pre Columbian artifacts on two floors. You are allowed to take photos with out a flash. There are lockers for your needs.

Interesting works on display present the history of indigenous populations in the area including music instruments. It does feel rather limited, and you could easily take your time with each work on display and still leave in one hour. One of the highlights is definitely the augmented reality display on the underground level. Also interesting for those into architecture.

This is a museum that had a nice variety of displays. It is not a large museum so would be suitable for families. I would have liked to see more after our struggle to get in: We went on a rainy day. We arrived when it was closed at midday and we told it would open in ten minutes. We waited on the steps with our umbrella and tried again after 15 minutes, but were then told it would be another 20-30 minutes. We went for a walk in the rain and returned to wait still a few more minutes until some staff went past us on the steps, returning from their break half an hour after the posted opening time. Finally we were able to get in!

Beautiful ! When you get into the Rome room its like traveling in the time. Egypt (real) mummy ... You need to go !!!

I really want to support smaller museums but I wanted to see South American native tribal work and art- not Australian or North American. Comparatively the museums for those respective territories and native tribes, they are far superior in Australia or the US, so for me, it just wasn't that interesting. But they did have cool masks. Sorry!