Opened in 2009 by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, this museum was previously designed for the Musée des Beaux-Arts, and the museum houses artworks by Venezuelan artists such as Camille Pissarro. It contains more than 4000 pieces of art and antiquities, and these pieces and artworks are an expression of the colonial eras that Venezuela went through, in addition to other works that include sculptures from the modern history of Venezuela.