Carnival Museum
Museo del Carnaval
A museum showing past black-and-white carnival floats, costumes and craftsmanship, so visitors can experience the carnival spirit outside festival season.
The Carnival Museum sits in the carnival cultural complex north of Pasto. It displays giant papier-mâché figures from past prize-winning floats, masks, costumes and old photographs. It also explains how the floats are built, moulded and painted. Nearby are the workshops where artisans make the floats, and in the months before the festival you can see works in progress. For visitors who cannot come in January, this is the most direct place to learn about the Black and White Carnival. Admission is inexpensive. Opening hours are set by the cultural office.
Opening hours
Open daytime Tue–Sun (check official info)
Nearby sights
- Taminango Museum
- Pasto Cathedral
- Church of San Juan Bautista
- Blacks and Whites' Carnival
- Plaza de Nariño
- Church of Cristo Rey
- Church of La Merced
- Church of Santiago Apóstol