El Museo de Acuarela y Dibujo Muñoz Mariño está ubicado en el tradicional barrio de San Marcos, ocupa una de las pocas casas coloniales que se conservan hasta la actualidad en Quito. A finales del siglo XIX la casa fue utilizada como vivienda – taller por las pintoras Brígida y Gertrudis, hijas del reconocido artista Antonio Salas. Con el apoyo del Municipio Metropolitano de Quito y el impulso decidido del maestro Oswaldo Muñoz Mariño, el museo se inaugura el 25 de febrero de 2010.

 

Mediante la permanente exposición de acuarelas y dibujos del Maestro Muñoz Mariño y otros artistas destacados en este lenguaje expresivo, el museo se ha convertido en un centro reconocido a nivel nacional e internacional de valoración de dichas técnicas y sus múltiples aplicaciones, contribuyendo así, al desarrollo integral de quienes lo visitan. Su Misión es propiciar el acercamiento a la acuarela y dibujo, entre jóvenes, adultos y personas con discapacidad. Actúa como una herramienta educativa con una visión no formal con talleres en acuarela.

 

Desde su inauguración el museo ha realizado:

423 talleres regulares de acuarela: 8.505 participantes

28 talleres para jóvenes con discapacidad: 204 participantes

9 exposiciones en Ecuador

1 exposición en Japón: 15.000 visitantes

Visitantes físicos y virtuales al museo: 25.958

Actividades culturales: presentación de libros, obras de teatro, conversatorios, noches patrimoniales, ciclo paseos nocturnos, entre otros
 
 
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The Muñoz Mariño Watercolor and Drawing Museum is located in one of the few remaining civil buildings from the colonial period in the traditional San Marcos neighborhood in the heart of Quito’s Historical Center.
 
Oswaldo Muñoz Mariño is certainly the most outstanding aquarellist that Ecuador has brought forth in the 20th century.
 
Muñoz Mariño’s exceptional mastery of watercolor prompted UNESCO to ask him to paint all the cities that had been declared part of the World Cultural Heritage of Humanity. On his extensive travels throughout America, Africa, Asia and Europe, he was able to capture in his drawings and watercolors the lesser known corners and spots of beautiful historical cities and villages. He always documents these heritage cities from a calm and positive perspective. Muñoz Mariño teaches us how to see and admire what often escapes us when rushing through a city. This approach of his is also applied to his pictures of Quito. Indeed Oswaldo Muñoz Mariño one of the most dedicated explorers of this city and its magical corners. In this sense he is certainly this city’s veritable visual chronicler.
 
The creation of a permanent exhibition space for this extremely rich collection of watercolors, drawings and ink sketches – an oeuvre spanning more than eighty years – can be seen as an invaluable contribution to Ecuador’s capital city.
 
The Muñoz Mariño Watercolor and Drawing Museum was conceived as a dynamic museum space that will serve to promote the interaction of exhibition areas with the public. Its own museum program will offer incentives for this dialogue by organizing both permanent and temporary exhibitions.
 
The museum will not only exhibit works by Muñoz Mariño but also present works by contemporary, national and international artists who utilize drawing and watercolor techniques.