Museo Arturo Michelena de Caracas

The Arturo Michelena Museum in Caracas is a place dedicated to the works of one of the most renowned Venezuelan painters, Arturo Michelena. It is located on the corner of Urapal in the Parroquia La Pastora of the Libertador Municipality.1 The museum is dedicated to the exhibition, preservation and learning of Michelena's legacy of contemporary art.

The Broken Rod (1892). Arturo Michelena. Arturo Michelena Museum. La Pastora, Caracas. Venezuela.

The museum opened its doors on June 16, 1963 after Lastenia Tello de Michelena, the painter's wife, donated to the State the colonial house that was once a study and room for the painter. Lastenia Tello was in charge of gathering works, documents, pictures, sketches and objects from it as well as the furniture of the house to turn it into a museum. There is also a permanent exhibition of works by other Venezuelan painters.

On March 31, 1977 it was declared a National Historic Monument.2 In the 1990s, the museum expanded by acquiring another nearby house to establish the workshop house where classes for children and young people are taught. The Museum was in charge of the National Council of Culture, which decided in 2004 to undertake the restoration of the two-level house dating from the end of the 18th century.