Museo de la Coca

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Linares 906, La Paz Zona 1
Added by Jopie, at 03 November 2015

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• Daniel Hurtado

  20 February 2018

  Tourist trap. Avoid. You won't miss anything.

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• Maria Amigon

  14 November 2017

  This was a waste. You pay 15 bolivianos to read what's posted on the wall. They really could've done more, at least have a person working there who is willing to walk you through and give explanations, make it a little interactive. You are better off buying a book or googling about the history of Coca if you're interested. Skip this place and head to the little "Bolivian drinks museum" instead. It's also not much, nut at least you'll get some drinks with your Bolivianos and the person working there will actually interact with you and give you explanations about the little exhibit.

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• Belle Turne

  26 October 2017

  Really cute little museum. Has lots of interesting facts and really well organised.

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• Matthew Takata

  17 September 2017

  Very small museum. Overall fairly interesting and informative, but the majority of the time you are just reading a book about the history of cocaine. The pictures on the wall and the weird manikins do very little to add to the experience.
  Thankfully it was only 15 Bs. because any more would not be worth it.
  
  One of the best parts of the whole time there is the Coca candy they give you which numbs your mouth and wakes you up a bit.

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• Benjamin Masanga

  17 September 2017

  Decent information, but pretty dated, small and not really conveyed well if you speak anything but Spanish.

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• Camila Gordillo

  14 August 2017

  Lots of good information, well worth a visit, or two. Also has a nice boutique.

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• Maria Tofler

  27 April 2017

  Awfull smell. Wasnt able to enter museum

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• Camille Medema

  11 April 2017

  Interesting perspectives offered on a much mis - understood topic.

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• Karen Savage

  18 January 2017

  Great history lesson. Not too long.

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• Dominique Vocat

  15 July 2016

  Not too big museum but well worth a visit.

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• Alex Vulcu

  12 April 2016

  Museo de la coca is a quite simple museum about the history of the coca plant and it's usage. Visitors get a little book in their preferred language as a guide through the museum. The main part of the museum are pictures and descriptions, but also some artifacts of coca based medicine and a detailed installation about cocaine production. One part wants to show the negative sides of cocaine, but it lacks of accuracy. Presenting pictures of (heroine) junkies with needles in their arms is a totally different story.
  I would have hoped to see a more modern and interactive presentation of the history of coca.
  The entry fee is 15 Bolivianos (April 2016) and you get a peace of coca liquorice at the entrance.

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• Pascal Aubort

  10 November 2015

  Very instructive but a little rundown.

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