Museo Forma (Forma Museum), San Salvador

Founded in 1983 by the prominent Salvadoran painter Julia Díaz, Forma Museum is renowned as the very first art museum in El Salvador, founded with the mission of preserving and promoting the nation’s finest works of visual art. The museum is located in a neo-colonial house designed by architect Armando Sol, built in the 1920s and officially recognized as a cultural heritage site by National Council for Culture and the Arts of El Salvador.

Visitors are welcomed into a thoughtful layout of six thematic rooms, offering both permanent and rotating exhibitions. Among its treasured displays are works by Julia Díaz herself, alongside masterpieces by major Salvadoran artists like Camilo Minero, Carlos Cañas, Rosa Mena Valenzuela, Valero Lecha, Salarrué, and others-representing key moments in the country’s art history, spanning expressionism, surrealism, and more.

Beyond its galleries, the museum plays an active role as a living cultural institution, hosting educational workshops, temporary exhibitions, and even occasionally selling or honoring art via curated shows like the "Solidarity in Art 2025", which highlighted private collectors’ contributions to Salvadoran art heritage.