Abstract
The National Theatre in Panama City is an Italian-style opera house completed in 1908 by architect Gennaro Nicola Ruggieri, and decorated with painted murals created by Panamanian artist Roberto Lewis. Though the theatre has undergone numerous restoration projects, the collapse of a large section of the ceiling mural in 2000 initiated not only evaluation and restoration, but also publicity, education programmes, and funding from foreign governments. The restoration of the ceiling mural in 2002 led to a total restoration of the theatre, which was completed in August 2004. Bureaucracy and politics caused delays in the project, which was supposed to be completed in November 2003, and though the theatre underwent a near-total restoration, the roof was never fixed. Leaks in the roof were the reason why the ceiling mural collapsed in the first place.
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