Santiago de Cuba
Museo Municipal Emilio Bacardí Moreau
Historical collection
Pío Rosado y Aguilera
Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba 91100
Phone: +53 (0)22 226 8402
This was one of Cuba’s very first museums, set up by Emilio Bacardí, and built by architect Carlos Segrera. Housed within the museum is a valuable collection covering the period between the Spanish conquest and the Wars of Independence (from Spain). On the great entrance doorway there are some wonderful images of the goddess Minerva; while inside there is a large collection of weapons and mambí artifacts (pertaining to African rebel slaves). There is also a good exhibit of Cuban and European paintings as well as an archaeological display that includes the only Egyptian mummy to be found in Cuba.
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