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martnlivy
Originally an historic mint, from 1930 this building has operated as a museum, one of the most important in Bolivia. It also keeps one of the largest art collections in Potosi, particularly of colonial paintings, and has many historical archives. The displays of equipment used to create the historic coins are fascinating, especially machines and techniques developed by Leonard de Vinci. The tour guide helped to make our visit especially interesting.
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Vaabp
This place was my favorite part of Potosi. I really enjoyed the tour and seeing all the exhibitions of the museum.This was great to learn more about Bolivia and it's history. This is a place you must visit while visiting Potosi.
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206philipd
Not sure of the relevance of all the religious paintings but it was a fascinating tour. You take pot luck with the quality of the tour guides and which language the tour is in - Spanish, French, English at random times of the day.
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sironside
Wasn't my favorite part of my trip, but I guess I'm not as into historical stuff like that. It was all right, and one of two things to do in Potosi (the other being a mine tour). Worth seeing if you're there, I guess!
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741mathiasa
Only the building itself if very nice to walk around in. Three different kind s of stone in the wall, a beautifull wooden floor, amassing ceilings. The content is also very interesting, the machines used to make coins. The parts with paintings and silver things is less but that might be just me. Worth the money!
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myrthet
I really liked the Moneda in Potosi. You can only get in by a guided tour and I really think it was worth it! You learn a lot about the history of Potosi, the mountain, silver, history of all money&coins and slavery. I get bored at museums quickly, but this one defenitely not! I can recommend it to anybody of any age! Tours also in English.
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975lynnj
Located in the central district and offering an English speaking tour, this is an interesting way to spend a couple of hours.
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SarahAR19
Having asked a number of fellow travellers about their experiences in Potosi, we chose to take the guided tour of the Mint rather than go down the mines. Think it was a good call, (for me at least). The museum is a cut above most that we visited in South America, the presentation is excellent and the guided tour full of interesting detail about the history of Potosi. Only regret was that by the time we finished the tour, the ticket office at the entrance had closed, so I wasn't able to buy the small book about the museum.
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TLauchenauer
We went there with kids ranging from 4-11 and where the older ones enjoyed it, the tour was too long for our youngest and one of the rooms with paintings was definitely not for children (very graphic violent at by a famous local artist that are interesting for adults but not for kids).For adults the tour is very interesting and gives insights into the history of Potosi.
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JorisD254
I thought this was a very interesting tour. Our guide was, besides very stilish, very enthousiastic and proud to tell us the story of Potosi; really made my day. The exhibition gives a good insight in the history of Potosi and their role in silver worldwide.Note: tours only depart at fixed times. we had a english tour at 3.30pm; not sure about the other departures.