Museo de Arte Contemporáneo

In the Parque Central, a concrete jungle complex between Avenida Lecuna (east end) and the elevated section of Avenida Bolívar, there are two, run-down octagonal towers (56 floors each – ask the security guard to let you go up to the roof, leave passport and they will guide you, not Monday) and four large, shabby apartment blocks with cafés, shops and Cantv centres below. Four museums are located here: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (Parque Central, Cuadra Bolívar, T573 8289, http://www.fmn.gob.ve/fmn_mac.htm entrance beside Alba Hotel, 0900-1700, free.) It has some 3,000 works on display, including modern sculptures and the works by, among others, Miró, Chagall and Matisse. There is a room devoted to Picasso. The Museo de los Niños (Parque Central, next to east Tower, Nivel Bolílovar, T575 4022, www.curiosikid .com, Mon-Fri 0900-1700, Sat-Sun 1000-1700, US$2, children US$1.50) is an extremely popular and highly sophisticated interactive science museum. Also in the Parque Central complex, is the Museo del Teclado (Museum of Keyboard Instruments) (T572 0713, Mon-Fri 0900-1300, 1400-1600, Sat 1700-1900) .