Prohibido Centro Cultural

Forget everything you know about museums — Prohibido Centro Cultural in Cuenca is something else entirely. Step inside and you’re not in a gallery… you’re in another dimension. Dark corridors twist past sculptures made of bones and glass, paintings that seem to stare back at you, and relics that feel like they’ve been pulled from forgotten dreams (or nightmares). Every corner is a little rebellion against ‘polite’ art — raw, unapologetic, and beautifully unsettling. It’s the kind of place that makes you ask questions you didn’t even know you had. And just when you think you’ve seen it all, there’s a hidden door, a shadowed staircase, or an object that changes the way you see the rest of your day. Not for the faint of heart… but unforgettable for anyone brave enough to walk in

A little eccentric and peculiar, I really liked the artistic work of Eduardo Moscoso. An excellent place to enjoy a walk through the beautiful city of Cuenca, it is allowed to take pictures and you can even get a tattoo 😃

Best bar to drink, relax, summon the devil and even study! Love this place since I am a teen. Oh and their salchipapas are to die for!

Certainly NOT your typical "museum!" If you are into finding those unique, Atlas Obscura kind of places, go here. Loads of cool creations- some strange, some beautiful, and some kind of haunting. They also host music and artistic events. Support the counterculture and independent artists!

Not a museum. An odd assortment of somewhat risque paintings and sculptures. Shocking for Catholic Ecuadorians maybe, but nothing special or original.

Blow-your-mind tests your soul fantastic anti-mainstream artistry.

A museum not for the faint of hearts! But so much creativity and imagination will leave you … spooked! And maybe if you’re lucky enough you will get Laeticia, the charming French guide, to tour you through the phantasmagoric maze of the museum 😈

A unique blend of spiritual and the macabre. Dark and terrifying- yet beautiful. I visited this museum solo.