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Museo de la Coca: qué hay cerca, cómo llegar y cuándo ir · 2026

Long-term residents along Calle Linares navigate narrow, congested cobblestones daily, passing the museum that separates the traditional botanical record from modern drug processing.

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The Coca Museum examines the cultural role of the coca leaf alongside the chemical development of cocaine.

The exhibition space on Calle Linares traces the botanical and social trajectory of the coca plant across the Andean territory. Displays contrast indigenous ceremonial and medicinal chewing with the industrial synthesis of cocaine. Visitors encounter historical documentation demonstrating how traditional mastication served highland workers, countering persistent outside conflations of the raw shrub with the refined narcotic.

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Bolivian scientist Jorge Hurtado established the institution to anchor public debate in clinical and pharmacological research. The collection maintains a direct affiliation with the International Coca Research Institute, an organisation headquartered in Amsterdam. This research partnership provides international scientific backing to local exhibits, framing the leaf as a complex botanical subject rather than a contraband derivative.

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  • Coca plantGalleries document the botanical and cultural history of the Andean crop.
  • International Coca Research InstituteThe Amsterdam organisation maintains institutional ties with the museum.
  • Jorge HurtadoThe Bolivian scientist founded both the local venue and its research arm.
  • CocaineThe collection covers the narcotic derivative and illicit chemical trade.
Datos
  • The museum operates on Calle Linares in La Paz.
  • Bolivian scientist Jorge Hurtado founded the museum.
  • Exhibits examine both the Andean coca plant and the refined narcotic cocaine.
  • The institution shares an affiliation with the International Coca Research Institute in Amsterdam.
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