Museo Estatal de Arte Popular de Oaxaca


San Bartolo's excellent, modern, folk-art museum, with its bright pink facade, is on the south side of the main village plaza. It’s very nicely done and features a collection of fine barro negro (the polished, black pottery that you find in hundreds of forms around Oaxaca) plus exhibits of quality folk art from around Oaxaca state.


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