Museo San Francisco Cultural Center
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| Established | 1953 |
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| Location | Plaza San Francisco Nº 501, La Paz, Bolivia |
| Director | José Luis Ríos Cambeses |
| Website | www.museosanfranciscobolivia.com/ |
Coordinates: 16°29′46.413″S 68°8′12.67″W / 16.49622583°S 68.1368528°W
The Museo San Francisco Cultural Center is a cultural institution located in La Paz city, Bolivia. It was established with the aim of preserving and conserving the arts and memories related to events and historic moments of the city of La Paz in Bolivia, because the history of the convent and the Basilica of San Francisco that houses the museum is closely related to the history of this city.
The old Franciscan convent was founded one year after the founding of the city of La Paz in the year of 1549 by the friars Francisco Morales and Francisco de Alcocer in invocation to Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles (Our Lady of the Angels).
Built between 1549 and 1581, the original construction suffered a crash between 1608 and 1612. the Franciscans initially built a temple of adobe and straw in 1548, to subsequently build the complex that currently makes up the Museum. The building at the banks of the Choqueyapu river gave rise to the so-called Barrio de los Indios (Indian district) which was divided by the river of the main town square and the area occupied by the settlers.
The construction of the current Basilica of San Francisco was performed between 1743 and 1744, ending completely in 1753 with the closure and the transept dome roofing.
Between 1965 and 2005, were different restauracioines to the building, enabling part of the convent as a museum, some authors back the opening of the Museum until October 1948.
Since the 1970s, the convent was abandoned due to lack of maintenance and the progressive deterioration which made it uninhabitable. In 1988 is stepped in the front of the Basilica, carved in stone in the 18th century and also different works to the interior of the temple were.
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