Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana (House of Ecuadorian Culture) is a cultural organization founded by Benjamín Carrión on August 9, 1944, during the presidency of Dr Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra. It was created to stimulate, to direct and to coordinate the development of an authentic national culture. Headquartered in Quito, it maintains several museums throughout Ecuador. The building is home to the National Museum of Ecuador (MuNa). Romina Muñoz led that museum for two years until she pointed out t