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Name |
Town/City |
Type |
Summary |
Arecibo Lighthouse and Historical Park |
Arecibo |
Maritime |
|
Arecibo Observatory: Angel Ramos Foundation Visitor Center |
Arecibo |
Science |
Astronomy, atmospheric science and the workings of the radio telescops |
Casa Armstrong-Poventud Museum |
Ponce |
History |
Early 1900s period life |
Casa Alegria |
Dorado |
Art |
information |
Casa Cautiño |
Guayama |
Historic house |
Operated by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, features handmade furniture and sculptures by local artists |
Casa Degetau |
Aibonito |
Historic house |
information, home of politician Federico Degetau |
Casa de la Familia Puertorriqueña del Siglo XIX |
Barranquitas |
Historic house |
website in Spanish, information, information, operated by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, 19th century life |
Casa de los Contrafuertes/Museo de Nuestras Raíces Africanas |
San Juan |
Medical |
information, information and photos, pharmacy museum and an art museum that focuses on Latin American prints and art from the island's African Heritage |
Casa del Compositor Héctor Flores Osuna |
Caguas |
Music |
information in Spanish, information in Spanish, home and music of composer Hector Flores Osuna, also Puerto Rican music and dance |
Casa del Libro |
San Juan |
Library |
information, information |
Casa del Rey |
Dorado |
Local history |
|
Casa del Trovador |
Caguas |
Music |
website in Spanish, information in Spanish |
Casa Escuté |
Carolina |
Art |
information |
Casa Jesús T. Piñero |
Canóvanas |
Biographical |
website in Spanish, information, operated by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, 1930s period home of governor Jesús T. Piñero |
Casa Luis Muñoz Rivera |
Barranquitas |
Biographical |
website in Spanish, information, operated by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, home of politician Luis Muñoz Rivera |
Casa Museo Joaquin de Rojas |
Barranquitas |
Historic house |
information in Spanish, information |
Casa Paoli |
Ponce |
Music |
Musical life of Antonio Paoli |
Casa Roig |
Humacao |
Multiple |
Regional history and contemporary art |
Casa Rosada Abelardo Díaz Alfaro |
Caguas |
Historic house |
information in Spanish, 19th century period home with exhibits on Puerto Rican writers |
Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Caguana |
Utuado |
Indigenous Culture |
Operated by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture |
Centro Cultural de Barceloneta |
Barceloneta |
Local history |
information |
Centro Musical Criollo José Ignacio Quintón |
Caguas |
Music |
website in Spanish, information in Spanish |
El Castillo San Felipe del Morro |
San Juan |
Military |
Part of San Juan National Historic Site, 18th century fort |
El Portal Rain Forest Center |
Rio Grande |
Natural history |
Animals and plants of the El Yunque rain forest, its importance and conservation efforts |
Fort San Cristóbal |
San Juan |
Military |
Part of San Juan National Historic Site, 16th century fort |
Francisco Oller Museum |
Bayamón |
Multiple |
information, local history and art |
Fuerte de Vieques |
Vieques |
Multiple |
History, art, Native culture; also known as Museum Fort Count Mirasol |
Hacienda Buena Vista |
Ponce |
Farming |
Historic coffee plantation and farm |
La Casa Blanca |
San Juan |
Historic house |
Juan Ponce de León’s family residence |
Museo Bibiloteco Dr. Jose Barbosa |
Bayamón |
Biographical |
information, life of politician José Celso Barbosa |
Museo Casa Canales |
Jayuya |
Biographical |
information in Spanish, information and photos, family of Nemesio Canales and their contributions to Puerto Rico's history |
Museo Casa Pueblo |
Adjuntas |
Multiple |
Local culture, art, crafts, nature and the environment |
Museo Castillo Serrallés |
Ponce |
Rum History |
Historic 1930s mansion with exhibits about the island's sugar cane and rum industries, and local art exhibits |
Museo de Aguada |
Aguada |
Local history |
information in Spanish, information |
Museo de Arte de Caguas |
Caguas |
Art |
Facebook site in Spanish, information in Spanish, contemporary art |
Museo de Arte de Ponce |
Ponce |
Art |
information in Spanish, European, Puerto Rican, and Latin American art |
Museo de Arte Dr. Pio Lopez Martinez |
Cayey |
Art |
website in Spanish, information, operated by the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, features works of Ramon Frade and a Puerto Rican poster collection |
Museo de Arte, Historia y Cultura Casa Alonso |
Vega Baja |
Multiple |
Also known as Casa Alonso |
Museo de Arte e Historia de San Juan |
San Juan |
Multiple |
information, information |
Museo de Arte Religioso Porta Coeli |
San Germán |
Art |
Operated by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, religious art from the colonial era in Latin America |
Museo de Artes Populares de Caguas |
Caguas |
Art |
information in Spanish, folk art |
Museo de Casals |
San Juan |
Music |
information, information, works of cellist and composer Pablo Casals |
Museo de la Historia de Ponce |
Ponce |
Local history |
Ponce's ecology, economy, architecture, government, and elements of daily life |
Museo de la Masacre de Ponce |
Ponce |
Politics |
Site of and history of the Ponce Massacre |
Museo de Las Americas |
San Juan |
Multiple |
website in Spanish, information, located in the Ballajá Barracks, history, art and culture of the Americas |
Museo de Los Proceres |
Cabo Rojo |
Multiple |
website in Spanish, art and local history |
Museo de Recursos Historicos de Lares |
Lares |
Multiple |
information, art and local history |
Museo de Vida Silvestre |
San Juan |
Wildlife |
information |
Museo del Cartel José PH. Hernández |
Río Grande |
Art |
information |
Museo del Autonomismo Puertorriqueño |
Ponce |
Politics |
History of Autonomism in Puerto Rico |
Museo del Indio |
San Juan |
Native American |
information, information, located in the Ballajá Barracks |
Museo del Niño |
San Juan |
Children's |
information |
Museo del Tabaco Herminio Torres Grillo |
Caguas |
Industry |
information in Spanish, Facebook page, tobacco, snuff, hand rolling of cigars |
Museo el Cemi |
Jayuya |
Native American |
information in Spanish, information, Taino artifacts and culture |
Museo Felisa Rincón de Gautier |
San Juan |
Biographical |
information, information, life of Felisa Rincón de Gautier, first woman mayor of San Juan; also known as Museo de Doña Fela |
Museo Francisco Pancho Coimbre |
Ponce |
Sports |
Puerto Rican baseball and sports history |
Museo Histórico de Caguas |
Caguas |
Local history |
website in Spanish |
Museo Juan Antonio Corretjer |
Ciales |
Biographical |
information, life of poet Juan Antonio Corretjer |
Museo Mariana Bracetti |
Lares |
Art |
information, local art and crafts |
Museo Militar Guardia Nacional De Puerto Rico |
San Juan |
Military |
information, Puerto Rico National Guard, located in Puerta de Tierra |
Museo Puertorriqueño del Deportes |
Salinas |
Sports |
website in Spanish, Puerto Rico Museum of Sports |
Museo y Casa de Estudios Alfredo Ramírez de Arellano y Rosell |
San Germán |
Art |
website in Spanish |
Museo y Centro de Estudios Humanísticos, Dra. Josefina Camacho de la Nuez |
Gurabo |
Art |
website in Spanish |
Museum of African Roots |
San Juan |
African American |
website in Spanish, information, slave trade in Puerto Rico and African American cultural heritage |
Museum of Art of Puerto Rico |
San Juan |
Art |
Art of Puerto Rico |
Museum of Optometry |
Bayamón |
Medical |
website, part of the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico's School of Optometry |
Museum of Pharmacy and Medicinal Plants |
San Juan |
Medical |
website, part of the University of Puerto Rico – School of Pharmacy |
Museo de la Arquitectura Ponceña |
Ponce |
Architecture |
Puerto Rican architecture with emphasis on Ponce architecture including Ponce Creole |
Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña |
Ponce |
Music |
Music of Puerto Rico |
Museum of the Conquest and Colonization of Puerto Rico |
Guaynabo |
Archaeology |
|
Museum of the University of Puerto Rico |
San Juan |
Multiple |
information, information, history, anthropology, art; also known as Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, located at University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus |
Palacete Los Moreau |
Moca |
Historic house |
Parque de Bombas |
Ponce |
Firefighting |
Historic fire station and museuum |
Parque de las Ciencias |
Bayamón |
Science |
|
Pico Pomar Residence |
Coamo |
Local history |
Also known as the Coamo Historic Museum |
Puerto Rican Athenaeum |
San Juan |
Art |
Includes an art gallery, theater, performance hall and library |
Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art |
San Juan |
Art |
|
Sala de Exhibiciones Rafael Carrión Pacheco |
San Juan |
Culture |
website in Spanish, changing exhibits presented by Banco Popular |
San Juan National Historic Site |
San Juan |
Military |
Includes colonial-era forts, bastions, powder houses, and three fourths of the old city wall, and the Fort San Cristóbal |
Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center |
Ponce |
Archaeology |
Taino archaeology site and museum |