This modest museum, opposite Plaza Simón Bolívar, occupies the former house where Panama’s Declaration of Independence was signed in 1821, declared here 18 days before the national declaration. Pre-Columbian ceramics and colonial-era religious art comprise most of the exhibits, and there’s also a lovely garden courtyard.
Over the years, this handsome brick-and-tile residence served as a jail, a school and a legislature. It predates the town’s church, but no one knows exactly when it was built.
