Culture
Centro Cultural de la República El Cabildo
Asunción
Former seat of the Paraguayan Executive branch and later the Congress, today converted into a cultural center with halls dedicated to history, music, film, sacred art, and indigenous/folk art.
Centro Cultural Manzana de la Rivera
Asunción
Restored colonial city block that brings together a museum, library, gallery, café, and theatrical venues in the heart of Asunción's historic center.
Alianza Francesa de Asunción
Asunción
Bi-national French-Paraguayan center offering language courses and an active cultural program across several venues of its own, including the Molière Hall.
Centro Cultural Citi (Citibank)
Villa Morra, Asunción
Citi's corporate cultural center in a restored Art Deco mansion in Villa Morra, with free programming since 1999.
Centro Cultural de España Juan de Salazar
San Roque, Asunción
Cultural center under Spanish cooperation (AECID), with a library, museum, cultural café, and active artistic programming since 1976.
Centro Cultural Paraguayo Americano (CCPA)
Asunción
Bi-national Paraguay-United States cultural institution active since 1942, home to the Teatro de las Américas.
Centro Paraguayo Japonés (CPJ)
Asunción
Municipal institution for Paraguayan-Japanese cultural cooperation, with auditoriums, exhibition halls, and a program of workshops and courses.
Instituto Cultural Paraguayo Alemán – Goethe-Zentrum
Ricardo Brugada, Asunción
Bi-national Paraguayan-German institute founded in 1958, with certified language courses and cultural programming as a Goethe-Zentrum.
Museo Diocesano de Arte Jesuítico de las Reducciones de Santa María de Fe
Santa María de Fe
A museum opened in 1981 in the old 'Casa de los Indios' of the Santa María de Fe mission (founded 1647), holding dozens of Guaraní-Jesuit Baroque images across six thematic rooms.
Museo Casa de la Independencia
Asunción
1772 colonial house where Paraguayan patriots planned the 1811 independence; a museum since 1965 with period furniture, documents, and objects.
Museo de las Memorias: Dictadura y Derechos Humanos
Asunción
Former headquarters of the feared "Técnica" (DNAT), a detention and torture center during the Stroessner dictatorship; today a museum and memory site on human rights.
Museo Etnográfico Andrés Barbero
Asunción
Founded in 1929 by Dr. Andrés Barbero; houses the country's most important archaeological and ethnographic collections on the indigenous peoples of Paraguay.