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Havana
Museum of the City
Permanent art and colonial halls and of
the beginings of the XX century in the atmosphere of the old Palace
of the General Captains, headquarters of the Spanish Government from
1791 until 1899 and Presidency of the Republic up to 1920. Concerts,
transitory exhibitions and movies projections.
Address: 1 Tacón St- bet. Obispo
and O’Reilly Sts. Old Havana. Open: Monday to Sunday, 9:30am
to 6:30pm. Entrance: 2.00USD. Guided visits: 3.00USD.
Tel. 861 5001 and 861 2876
Templete
Neoclassical construction that keeps
the Ceiba (Silk-cotton tree) descendant of the first one under which
the village of San Cristobal de la Habana was founded and the first
mass officiated. Annually, in the eve of November 16, the
institution welcomes the celebrations for the anniversary of the Cty.
Address: Plaza de Armas, Old
Havana. Open daily: 9:30am to 6:30pm. Entrance:
1.00USD
Colonial Art
Museum
Collections of furniture, porcelains
and diverse objects of the colonial period. Theater functions for
children, Saturdays and Sundays at 11:00 am , and for adults at 6:00
pm. Concerts, exhibitions and other activities of cultural character.
Address: 61 San Ignacio St.,
Square of the Cathedral. Old Havana. Open: Wednesday to
Monday, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm; Sundays 9:00am to 1:00 pm. Entrance:
2.00USD Tel. 862 2440
Museum Jose
Marti´s Natal House
Modest house where José Martí Pérez,
Apostle of our Independence was born. He was one of the most
remarkable figures of the Latin American literature of the XIX
century.
Address: 314 Leonor Pérez St.,
bet. Picota and Egido Sts. Old Havana. Open: Tuesday to
Saturday, 9:00am to 5:00pm; Sundays: 9:00am to 12:45pm. Entrance:
1.00USD Tel. 861 3778
CASA DE LA OBRAPÍA
Exhibits furniture, collections and
atmospheres of the XIX century. Thematic exhibition "The Spanish
America in Carlos’ III Time"; and to the memory of writer Alejo
Carpentier, the exhibition "Return to the Seed". Concerts,
exhibitions and other activities of cultural character.
Address: 158 Obrapía St., bet.
Mercaderes and San Igacio Sts., Old Havana. Open: Tuesday to
Saturday, 10:30am to 5:30pm; Sundays: 9:30am 12:30pm.
Entrance: 1.00USD, Tel. 861 3097
Museum of the
Orfevrerie
Exposition of existent gold/silverwork
pieces in Havana made by Cuban and foreign artisans, from the XVII
century to the first quarter of the XX. Conferences, cultural
exhibitions and other activities of temporary character.
Address: 113 Obispo St.,
bet.Oficios and Mercaderes Sts.. Old Havana. Opens: daily,
9:30am to 6:30pm. Entrance: 1.00USD, Tel. 863 9861
Museum of the
Revolution and Granma Memorial
In its halls is shown an itemized
panorama of the struggle undertaken by the Cuban people to achieve
its sovereignty.
Address: 1 Refugio St., bet.
Monserrate and Zulueta Sts., Old Havana. Open: Tuesday to
Saturday, 1:00pm to 6.00pm, Sundays: 10.00am to 1.00pm (Closed on
Mondays). Tel. 862 4091
House of the
Benerit of the Americas, Benito Juarez
Artistic and handicrafted objects of
the different Mexican regions and specialized library "Alfonso
Reyes". Exhibitions and projection of videos.
Address: Obrapía at Mercaderes
Sts. Open: Tuesday to Saturday, 10:15a.m. to 5:45p.m., Sundays,
9:15a.m. to 12;45p.m. Entrance: 1.00USD, Tel. 861 8866
House and
Park Simón Bolívar
Exhibits collections on the life and
deeds of Simón Bolivar; historical objects and Latin American works
of art.
Address: 156 Mercaderes St., bet.
Obrapía and Lamparilla Sts., Old Havana. Open: Tuesday to
Saturday, 10:15am 5:45pm; Sunday:
9:15am 12:45pm. Entrance: 1.00USD, Tel. 861 3988
House of the Arabs
and Lecture Hall of the Arab-Islamic Culture
Permanent exhibitions on the Arabic-Islamic
culture, where highlights the replica of an Arab market (zoco); also
a Room of Prayers, dedicated to the exercise of the Muslim faith in
the City.
Address: 16 Oficios St., bet.
Obispo and Obrapía Sts. Old Havana. Open daily: 9:00am to
7:00pm. Entrance: 1.00USD, Tel. 861 5858.
House of Africa
Permanent halls on the culture of the
peoples of the sub-Saharian África, and exhibitions of genuine
elements of the Afro-Cuban religions. Exhibitions, projection of
videos and Afro-Cuban shows.
Address: 157 Obrapía Sts. bet.
Mercaderes and San Ignacio Sts. Old Havana. Open: Tuesday to
Saturday, 10:15am to 5:45pm; Sundays, 9:15am to 12:45pm. Entrance:
2.00USD, Tel. 861 5798.
Cabinet of
Archeology
Permanent halls: Aborigines of Cuba,
Colonial Archaeology of Old Havana, Submarine Archaeology of the Bay
of Havana and of the Pre- Columbian America, with Peruvian, Mexican
and Ecuatorian important samples.
Addres: 12 Tacón St. bet.
O’Reilly and Empedrado Sts., Old Havana. Open: Tuesday to
Saturday, 10:15am 5:45pm; Sundays, 9:15am to 12:45pm. Entrance:
1.00USD, Tel. 861 4469.
Historical-Military
Park Morro-Cabaña
Military fortress that, with the Castle
of Los Tres Reyes del Morro, integrates what is today, the
Historical-Military Park Morro-Cabaña, the most extensive museum in
the Country.
Address: La Cabaña Roadway, East
Havana
Castle of Los Tres Reyes del Morro
Open: Monday to Sundays, 9:00am
to 9:00pm
(Includes the Ceremony of the
Cannonshot)
Tel. 862 0617 to the 19.
Hall of the
Transport
Exposes the history of the Cuban
motoring from 1905 until our days.
Address: Oficios St. at Jústiz Alley.
Old Havana. Open: daily, 9:00am to 7:00pm. Entrance: 2.00USD
House Funadtion Oswaldo Guayasamín and
Rumiñahui Park
Promotional and commercialization
center of the famous Ecuatorian painter’s works, and of Cuban and
foreigners artists.
Concerts, exhibitions and other
activities of cultural character.
Address: Obrapía St., bet.
Oficios and Mercaderes Sts. Old Havana. Open: Tuesday to
Saturday, 10:15am to 5:45pm; Sundays, 10:15am to 5:45pm. Entrance:
1.00USD, Tel. 861 3843.
Carmen Montilla´s
House
House-study of the Venezuelan painter
Carmen Montilla. It is site of the renown creator’s important
exhibitions, as well as of plastic artists of Latin America and
Cuba.
Address: 152 Oficios St. bet.
Amargura and Churruca Sts. Old Havana. Open: Tuesday to
Saturday, 10:15am to 5:45pm; Sundays: 9:15am to 12:45pm. Tel. 33 8768
House of Asia
Collections of Asian art (Far East)
that include weapons, ornamental arts, apparel and archaeological
pieces.
Address: 111 Mercaderes St. bet.
Obispo and Obrapía Sts. Old Havana. Open: Tuesday to Saturday,
10:00am to 6:00pm; Sundays, 9:00am to 1:00pm. Entrance: 1.00USD Tel. 863 9740
National Museum of
Natural History
Offers three permanent exhibitions: The
Museum Inside; Mammals, Birds and Reptiles of other parts of the
World; History of the Earth and Life.
Address: 61 Obispo St., Plaza de
Armas, Old Havana. Open: Monday to Sunday, 9:30 am to 7:00 pm.
Entrance: 3.00 USD Tel. 862 0353, 863 2687
Museum of the
Dance
Exposes documents, aapparel and
paintings. Engravings of the Teatro Tacón, of the famous Cuban
dancer Alicia Alonso’s personal collection, donated to the Museum.
Addres: 365 Linea St. at G St..
Open: Tuesday to Saturday, 11:00 am to 6:30. Entrance:
2:00 USD Tel. 831 2198
Museum of the
Ornamental Arts
Permanent halls: pieces of European and
oriental art, XVIII and XX centuries.
Address: 502 17th St.
at E St, Vedado. Open: Tuesday to Saturday, 11:00am 7:00pm
Entrance: 2.00USD. Tel. 830 9848.
Museum of
Guanabacoa
Posseses one of the most complete
ethnographic collections, related with the Afro-Cuban religious
cults.
Address: 108 Martí St. at Lamas
St, Guanabacoa. Open: Monday to Saturday, 9:30am to 4:00pm
Tel. 97 9510 and 97 9117.
Museum of Regla
In its halls is reflected the whole
history of the emergence and development of Regla, one of the towns
of Cuba that more has strived to preserve its traditions.
Address: Martí St. , bet.
Facciolo and La Piedra Sts., Regla. Open: Tuesday to Saturday,
9.00am to 6.00pm . Sundays, 9.00am to 1.00pm (Closed on Mondays).
Tel. 90-6989.
Museum of the Air
Unique of its gender in Cuba, dedicated
to the history of the aeronautics, the cosmonáutic and the
antiaircraft defense of Cuba.
Address: 212 Ave., bet. 29 and
31 Sts., La Coronela, La Lisa. Open: Tuesday to Sunday,
10:00am to 5:00pm Tel. 201 7753
Museum of the Rum
Distillery Havana Club Foundation
Address: 262 Port Ave. at Sol St.,
Old Havana.
Open: 9:00am to 6:00pm
Price: 5.00USD
Tel. 861 8051
Pharmaceutical Museum
Address: Obispo at Mercaderes
Sts., Old Havana.
Open: Tuesday to Saturdays,
10:30am to 5:30pm. Sundays, 9:30am to 12:30pm
National Museum of
the Ceramic
Real Fuerza de la Habana Castle.
Permanent halls of Cuban ceramic. Foreign artists’ works. Expo-sales
of unique pieces. It exhibits Cuban master’s plastic works, among
them: Wifredo Lam, René Portocarrero, Amelia Peláez, Mariano
Rodríguez.
Address: 2 O’Reilly St. at Port
Ave. Open: 8:30am to 5:00pm Entrance: 1.00USD Tel.
8 61 6130
National Museum of the Music
The collections exhibited offer a wide
information on the development of the music and the musical
instruments in Cuba from the XVI to the XX century.
Address: 1 Capdevila St., bet.
Havana and Aguiar Sts., Old Havana. Open: Tuesday to
Saturdays, 10:00am to 6:00pm, Sundays, 9:00am to 12:00m (Closed on
Monday) Tel. 861 9046
Napoleonic Museum
Permanent exhibition with varied
collection of works of art, weapons, furniture, textiles and other
objects of the napoleonic period. It figures among the most
important in the world in this subject.
Address: San Miguel and Ronda
Sts.. Center Havana. Open: Monday to Saturday, 11:00am
to 6:30pm. Entrance: 3.00USD Tel. 879 1412.
Numismatic Museum
Exhibits the largest collection of
Cuban coinage; located in what was the old Monte de Piedad, very
near the Plaza de Armas.
Addres: 8 Oficios St. bet.
Obispo and Obrapía Sts., Old Havana. Open: Tuesday to
Saturday, 1:00p.m. to 8:00p.m. Sundays, 9:00a.m. to 1:00p.m. Closed
on Mondays
Jose Martí Memorial
Wide sample of the life and work of the
Apostle and history of the Memorial. Lookout at the highest point in
the city.
Address: Paseo and Independencia
Avenues. Square of the Revolution. Entrance: 3.00USD and
2.00USD additional to the Lookout. Tel. 882 0906 and
884 0551.
House-Museum
Ernest Hemingway
Address: Finca Vigía. San Francisco de Paula. Havana. Open: Monday to
Saturday, 9:00am to 4:00pm (closed on Tuesdays and rainy days),
Sundays, 9:00am to 12:30pm. Entrance: 3.00USD
House-Museum Joe
Lezama Lima
Building constructed for real state
lease, was occupied by José Lezama Lima and his mother. In this
house he lived from the thirties until his death.
Address: 162 Trocadero St., bet.
Industria and Consulado Sts., Centro Habana. Tel. 863
41619
House Alexander
Von Humbolt
House that recollects the passage
through Havana of Alexander von Humboldt, Second Discoverer of the
Island.
Address: 254 Oficios St. at
Muralla St., Old Havana. Open: Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00a.m. to
6:00p.m. Sundays, 9:00a.m. to 1:00p.m. Entrance: Free
San Francisco de Asís Convent: Museum
of Sacred Art
Exposes Hispanic.American painting,
imagery, sgoldwork, furniture and bibliographical printings, linked
to the Catholic cult, and archaeological discoveries of the Convent.
Address: Oficios St., bet.
Amargura and Churruca Sts., Old Havana. Open: Monday to
Sunday, 9:30am to 6:30pm Entrance: 2.00USD Tel. 862
9683
Santa Clara
Convent
The oldest nun cloister of Havana (XVII
century), site of the National Center of Conservation, Restoration
and Museology
Address: Cuba St. bet. Sol and
Luz Sts., Old Havana, Open: Monday to Friday, 9:00am to
3:00pm Tel. 861 5043
Aquarium of the
Historical Center
It occupies an area of 120 square
meters and has some 70 sweet water species, aquatic plants, mollusks
and crustaceans. These species are distributed in 7 fishbowls that
represent the aquatic world of different geographical areas of the
planet.
Address: 9 Teniente Rey St. bet.
Oficios and Mercaderes Sts,. Old Havana. Open: Tuesday to
Saturday, 10:00am to 5:30pm, Sundays, 9:00am to 1:00pm. Tel. 863 9493
Museum of the
Tobacco
Dedicated to show all related with the
elaboration and the art of the Cuban cigar. Rooms for lectures and
exhibitions.
Address: 120 Mercaderes St., Old
Havana. Open: Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00am to 5:00pm. Tel. 861
5795.
Máximo Gómez
Museum
Address: Salvador Allende Ave.,
Qunta de los Molinos, Square of the Revolution.
Open: Monday to Saturday, 9:00am
at 4:00pm.
Tel. 989 8850
Cuban Postal
Museum
Halls exhibiting old means of writings
and valuable documents of the posts in Cuba; also an ample
collection of universal philately and a specialized room dedicated
to the Cuban stamps. Store for the sale of stamps, albums and other
accessories.
Address: Rancho Boyeros Ave. bet.
May 19 and May 20 Sts., (Ministry of Communications), Square of the
Revolution. Open: Monday to Friday, 10:00am to 5:00pm (closed
Saturday and Sunday) Tel. 870 5581
Museum of the
History of Sport
Exhibits medals and celebrated Cuban
sportsmen’s belongings.
Address: Independencia Ave. and
Bruzón St.. Square of the Revolution. Open: Tuesday to Sunday,
10:00am to 5:00pm Tel. 881 4696.
Scale Model of
Havana
Deployed in 88 square meters, is a
realistic replica of the Capital.
Address: 113 28th St.,
bet. 1st and 3d Aves., Miramar. Open: Tuesday to Saturday,
10:00am to 5:30pm Tel. 202 7303 and 202 7323
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