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Museums

Museo de Arquitectura
4
Colonial
MAP H4 • Plaza Mayor, Trinidad
• (41) 99 3208 • Open 9am–5pm
Mon–Sat • Adm
The former mansion of the Sánchez-
Iznaga family is today dedicated to
colonial architecture, with excellent
displays that trace the evolution of
Trinidad’s unique style, from the
town’s founding to the 20th century.
Museo Napoleónico
5
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes MAP U2 • Calle San Miguel
1159, Vedado, Havana • 7879
Museo Nacional
1 1460 • Open 9:30am–5pm
de Bellas Artes
Tue–Sat (to noon Sun)
This fine arts museum • Adm
boasts Ancient Egyptian, This museum, in a 1920s
Greek, and Roman palazzo, is replete with
art, and the works of paintings, sculptures,
Euro pean Old Masters. and mementos of
The Cuban section Napoleon Bonaparte.
demon strates the vitality Museo
Museo Oscar
and range of homegrown art, Napoleónico 6
from the colonial period to María de Rojas
the contemp orary era (see p12). MAP F2 • Calzada between Vives
and Jénez, Cárdenas • (45) 52 2417
Museo de Artes
2 • Open 9am–5pm Tue–Sat, 9am–
Decorativas
1pm Sun • Adm
MAP T1–T2 • Calle 17 502, Vedado, Each of this museum’s 14 salons has
Havana • 7832 0924 • Open its own theme, from pre-Columbian
9am–5pm Tue–Sat • Adm culture to the Wars of Independence.
Lavish furnishings fill this former Numismatists will enjoy the coin
Beaux Arts residence of a Cuban room. The Baroque 19th-century
countess and reveal the tastes of the hearse is fascinating, as is the
19th-century ruling classes – from beautifully restored former governor’s
the French Rococo furniture and mansion that houses the museum.
17th-century Italian sculp tures to
the pink marble Art Deco bath room.
Museo de la Ciudad
3
MAP X4 • Calle Tacón, Plaza
de Armas, Havana • 7866 8183
• Open 9:30am–5pm Tue–Sun • Adm
The museum in the Palacio de los
Capitanes Generales covers the
history of Havana. Exhibits include
the city’s first cemetery and a
throne room built for the king of
Spain, who never actually visited.
Museo de la Ciudad

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