ALL THROUGHOUT THE MONTH

Guayaquil: This Month´s Events
On October 9th, Guayaquil celebrates its independence, which took place in the year 1820.  The “Fiestas Octubrinas”, as these celebrations are called locally, include parades, folkloric festivals, and several cultural activities. October 9th is a national holiday.

PERMANENT EXHIBITS
Guayaquil at the beginning of the XXth C
Place: Malecón 1900, Parque Histórico

Ancestral Medicinal Wisdom
Place: Ethnobotanic Garden, Parque Histórico

PERMANENT ATTRACTIONS
MALECÓN SIMON BOLIVAR
Horse Carriages
Departure from Malecón & Sucre St.

IMAX Movie Theater
For information about movie schedules log in
www.imaxmalecon2000.com

Santay Island
A 2.5-hour boat ride the from Simón Bolivar jetty.   Recommendations: Wear light clothes, insect repellent, sunscreen. Take bottled water. Inexpensive rubber boot rental is available at the Island. The island floods every 15 days, therefore to visit we recommend contacting the tide advisors (at the Malecón) and not to travel in tidal water. For more info contact: Discovery 2304831.

EXHIBITS
Tuesdays-Saturdays 9h00-17h00
Holidays 10h00-15h00
Engravings, workshop directed by the artist Walter Páez
Place: Museo Presley Norton

Open until Sunday 8th
Tuesdays-Saturdays
9h30- 16h30
Sundays and holidays
11h00-1530
Painting Exhibit by the German artist Hanz Michaelson
Place: Centro Cultural Simón Bolívar

Tuesdays thru Saturdays
9h00-17h30
Sacred Art, a Journey through Faith
Place: Museo Municipal
Free admission

Wednesday thru Saturdays 10h00-17h30
Sundays 10h00-15h00
Julio Jaramillo’s
Popular Music
Place: Museo de la Música Popular Julio Jaramillo
Free admission

Wednesday thru Saturdays 10h00-17h00
Sundays 10h00- 15h00
Guayaquil’s Beer History
Place: Museo Pilsener
Free admission

Mondays thru Saturdays 9h00-17h00
Life and costumes of Antique Ecuadorian settlers
Place: Museo Presley Norton
Free admission

Open until Tuesday 20th
Estéticas de lo innominable
By: Julio Mosquera –
María José Machado
Place: MAAC

Open until August 22th
Mondays- 13h00 to 18h00
Tuesdays to Fridays- 08h30 to 18h00
Weekends -10h00 to 18h00
Dinosaurs in Malecon
22 replicas of prehistoric animals, 35 species of current age and Ecuadorian fossils
Place: Malecón 2000
Admission fee: $2 general;
seniors, children $1,50

Monday 16th to Thursday 19th;
Guayaquil Gourmet
Exposition of Guayaquil’s gastronomic industry
Place: Centro de Convenciones de Guayaquil

* Date / time of events are may vary
Note: calendar of events is subject to change.

ADRESSES
Teatro Centro de Arte (TCA)
Address: Via a la Costa Km. 4 1/2
Phone: 235 0241 or 235 1178

CCE (Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana)
Address: 9 de Octubre Ave. & Pedro Moncayo.
Phone: 230 2520 MAAC
North Zone of Malecon 2000 and Loja St.

Municipal Museum
Phone: 2524 200 ext.7402

Museo Presley Norton
Corner of Av. 9 de Octubre & Carchi.
Phone: 229 3423