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- Pre-Columbian ceramics hall: Painted Chorotega and Nicarao vessels, some with animal and human forms, show everyday ritual life on the Pacific side.
- Stone sculptures: Carved basalt figures and metates from the lakes region are the museum’s most photographed pieces and give a sense of scale.
- Acahualinca footprint story: Displays related to the ancient human footprints preserved in volcanic ash near the lake put a very human face on early settlement.
- Palacio Nacional architecture: The neoclassical building with its courtyards and columns is a sight in itself and one of few structures that stood through Managua’s disasters.
- Colonial and independence rooms: Objects and documents chart the Spanish period and the road to the republic.
- Plaza de la Revolución views: Step outside to see the cathedral ruins
- Pre-Columbian ceramics hall: Painted Chorotega and Nicarao vessels, some with animal and human forms, show everyday ritual life on the Pacific side.
- Stone sculptures: Carved basalt figures and metates from the lakes region are the museum’s most photographed pieces and give a sense of scale.
- Acahualinca footprint story: Displays related to the ancient human footprints preserved in volcanic ash near the lake put a very human face on early settlement.
- Palacio Nacional architecture: The neoclassical building with its courtyards and columns is a sight in itself and one of few structures that stood through Managua’s disasters.
- Colonial and independence rooms: Objects and documents chart the Spanish period and the road to the republic.
- Plaza de la Revolución views: Step outside to see the cathedral ruins and the surrounding civic buildings in the open air.
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