Name: Intiñan Solar Museum
Address: Manuel Cordova Galarza, Quito, Ecuador, EC
Telephone: +593 2-239-5122

Intiñan Solar Museum is a museum, located at Manuel Cordova Galarza, Quito, Ecuador. They can be contacted via phone at +593 2-239-5122, visit their website www.museointinan.com.ec for more detailed information.

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Manuel Cordova Galarza, Quito

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Added by Jopie, at 22 July 2016

Monday 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Tuesday 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM

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Madalyne Staab

06 May 2018

Really fun museum! The ACTUAL equator and is cheaper than the bigger museum by the road. They have some cool exhibits and you can get tours in English. They also show you cool phenomenons on the equator.
Steven DosRemedios

12 April 2018

This is a fun Museum/Park located right on the equator. They have many exhibits from places around the world that lie on the equator. It's a great place for photo-ops of yourself in both Northern and Southern hemispheres at the same time. They even have a portable kitchen sink that they can place right on the equator and you can see water go STRAIGHT down the drain; when they move it north or south by a few feet, water begins to spiral down the drain; clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
Максим Узол

31 March 2018

The only one real ecuator museum. With red line. Not big but very interesting and peaceful. Price is 4$ for 1 person. Good news is they will give you guide for free!

There you can walk along the real line of the equator. The guide will show the trick, how the Coriolis effect works with water (this is a fake, but it's interesting). The guide will allow you put the chicken egg on the nail head. Also in the territory you can see the Museum of Indians, which cut off and dried the heads of their enemies. There are these heads.

And you can put in your passport the stamp that you were at the equator. Its also for free)
Owen Wright

30 March 2018

Extremely cool place! Very informative and an awesome experience! Would highly recommend going if you have the chance. While there you can take part in many mind blowing experiments that show how the equator works along with the rotations of the North and southern hemispheres. You may also get to see multiple real shrunken heads! A very cool place!
Mike Todd

13 March 2018

Very interesting museum right at the equator. Our guide spoke very good English. The experiments are very interesting and fun. Good place to bring kids. T has a restaurant and gift shop. If you are going on your own it can be difficult to find (entrance not well marked). Suggest you take a taxi or hire a guide. We went with Neotropic Expeditions. We had Sebastien as our guide, excellent.
Fred Ruddock

11 March 2018

I will admit the tour can feel a bit campy but it is highly entertaining and educational. The guides seem to love their jobs. I'll upload videos of some of the scientific experiments soon LOL! A must see if you or your friends have not visited the equator. More fun than the nearby grand monument in my opinion.
Whatsbeyond Myhorizon

03 March 2018

Excellent. Great tour! Worth it. I found it to be more interesting than the other museum. Yes, they have a few touristy tricks, but isn’t that why we travel? I truly enjoyed the experience. Highly recommend!
S.R.F. F-F

27 January 2018

Small place, but not expensive (with guide $4 pp) and just fun to see.
Try to balance an egg on a nail, and if you succeed you will get a certificate. Nice and free souvenir for home.
Also you can get a stamp in you passport, so don't forget to take it, if you want one.
They also have a human- and sloth head from the head shrinkers.
Valerie Tsang

13 December 2017

This is a MUST SEE place to go on the outskirts of Quito. It's actually on the equator and identified by GPS. For only $4 a person, a guide showed us exhibits of the people from this area, including a real shrunken head and hut. The best part were the hands-on scientific tests we did; such as balancing a raw egg on a nail head right on the equator; and the demonstration of how water drains straight down at the equator, clockwise a few feet away in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere, again just a few feet away. Definitely worth the 40 minute trip from new town and only $40 round trip taxi ride (the driver waited an hour for us).
Robert Lind

02 December 2017

A must visit while in Quito. Explanations about the equator are fascinating
Juan Proano

10 November 2017

Cool place with lots of stuff to see and do!
Fun way to understand the Coriolis effect. Should google why hurricanes spin counterclockwise in the north hemisphere!
The egg is very easy to balance on top of the nail, is not the only place in earth you can do it but certainly is one of the easiest one! Took use couple of minutes to balance it, for not believers you should bring your own eggs
Sebastian Kerkhoff

12 October 2017

Most important thing first: The place IS NOT on the actual equator (which actually can't be exactly fixed as it moves over time - and even according to GPS it is not where they claim it to be, but a bit up north). Furthermore, the experiments are scientifically wrong.

While I could accept all this as part of a fun experience, I cannot support a museum that lies to its visitors. Its a shame that they decide to do this (and I would like to hear the owners explanation for this) because other parts of the museum are quite interesting.

Why not being honest about this not being the exact equatorial line and the experiments being (faked) examples to illustrate effects. This I could accept.
Maria Del Mar Campos Triviño

02 October 2017

It's an amazing place to discover the science of the middle of the world. Very complete and beautiful place.
Ryan Petty

07 July 2017

Great interactive exhibits for kids and adults.. We learned a lot while on the equator. Definitely worth a trip from Quito and a couple of hours.
Joan Mojica

06 July 2017

One of the most amazing places I've ever been. Staff it's very nice and helpful. It's totally worth it to visit this place
Bryce Doubravsky

19 June 2017

Definitely worth the visit!

Between learning about the lives of indigenous peoples, seeing an authentic shrunken head, participating in equator experiments, and balancing a egg on a nail, this place is a great deal at only $4 a person! Your ticket even gets you a 10% discount at the subway across the street, which adds to the value if you're in the mood for a sandwich.

You are provided with a guide who walks you through the outdoor museum, providing lots of fascinating info. The experiments are a lot of fun as well. If you can balance the egg, you'll be given a stamped and signed certificate to mark the achievement! (And a free cookie at the subway I was talking about)

While I still think it's worth the trip to Mitad Del Mundo down the street, I would advise against passing this museum up. You can do both in a just a few hours and take the bus back to Quito for a very cheap half day trip!
Grace Chen

15 April 2017

in addition to being at the 0 latitude and getting a stamp in the passport, you can learn about the Ecuadorian history/culture (from hunting lifestyle of the waodani tribe to head shrinking from jivaro tribe) . there is also a short chocolate tour where you learn about the process and try a fresh sample . the Pacari chocolate is relatively cheaper here than at local shops or duty free at airport
Jimmy Vargas M

09 March 2017

Great quick guided tour about local native culture and phenomena that on the place for being Latitud 0°0'00” (be ready to learn about the Coriolis Effect)
Cyril Soulié

20 January 2017

They really enjoy charging 4 dollars to the tourists to then say to then a bunch of lies, like the water flow depends on the hemisphere north or south. That is amazing what people are willing to do to get money
Dylan Dacy

06 October 2016

This place is pretty dope. The owner who replied to Mr. Edson spoke admirably. (thanks google translate's chrome widget!) This place is pretty cool. The water think actually happens. A couple meters to the south of this "line" and the water went one way , on the line it went straight down and north it went the other opposite of the first way. You can also balance an egg on a nail. but i am sure if that is legit. haven't tried it again I will go again. There is also a government sponsored (?) museum / monument place right next door. I recommend taking the city bus. pretty funny on there. once saw the collector yelling at some old dudes for drinking some local spirit, all the while holding said spirit behind there backs and when she would go and conduct her business they would gripe about the girl and take a swig. pass and swig I tried the stuff on new years.. pretty fun. Honestly I love Ecuador, I am planning on starting a business there after graduation and a year to build capitol. Go to this place!
Robert Cooke

29 July 2016

Of the 2 equator sites I found this the more fun. It's $4 to get in which gives you a tour either in English or Spanish. As others have pointed out there are some questionable scientific experiments and by questionable I mean some of demonstrations are just bit true. Either way the tour guide was friendly and they stamp your passport with an equator which is cool.