Museums offer you a perfect interactive experience of getting very close to things, which you can generally see only in newspapers, books or on television. The perception obtained when you see something with your eyes is completely different than viewing it from the second- hand source. Museums can give you the exact depiction of precious ancient objects. San- Salvador has lot of museums which can fascinate any class of people, the two famous out of them are ‘Museo de Arte MARTE’ and ‘Museo David J Guzman’.
The ‘David J Guzman’ is one of the most comprehensive and frequently visited museums in the capital city named San Salvador. The various displays in the museum focus on the history and archeology of San Salvador city. The artifacts and relics from the distinct time periods are portrayed prominently and each item on exhibition in the museum has its own story to reveal. Apart from many topical exhibits, the museums reveal other important treasures which have ethnographic displays like local arts and indigo extraction. Today, the ‘David J Guzman’ is treated as one of the premium museums in South America and it has played important role in preserving and promoting history as well as culture of the country with respect.
The ‘De Arte MARTE’ museum is important part of the cultural complex along with other relevant monuments of the revolution. This museum depicts the precious Salvadoran works of art, which have been preserved from the 19th century. The private collections of museum include drawings, prints, sculptures and paintings. There are more than 250 masterpieces of art which are created by over 175 famous painters and Salvadoran writers. This museum organizes special events such as National symphony orchestra every year. If you want to take some museum memories home, then there is a gift shop within a museum where you can purchase national literature, postcards and typical handcrafts. Apart from this, there are some military museums in which you can find army uniforms and weapons from 17th century which were especially used by Salvadoran army.
Museums have played vital role in attracting tourist in San Salvador and therefore they acted as a great instrument in assisting the economy with passing trade as well as helping local people with employment. The Museums of San Salvador are discovered as a valuable source of creativity with different art galleries as well as photographic exhibitions and they have given many inspirational reasons to visitors.
