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992michaelm
We stopped by a few times trying to get in but couldn't we finally found a person at the carnival museum that told us it was closed and scheduled to open in June or July. She wasn't sure.
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280jerrif
cheapest rum in cuba i mean i paid much more in varadero! thank god i took this tour b/c my friends back home all wanted lil rum bottles and i got 'em! muchas gracias* dark rum light rum any rum and a mariachi band playing' INSIDE the store! awesome*
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585johno
Kind of boring - yet pretty cool -I know an oxy-moron; however, once you're home, you want to tell people that you were there. The history and the building are interesting.
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gandhy2014
I’ve been in Santiago de Cuba twice, 1989 and 2009. The third visit a year ago was very rapid –exclusevely for work motives and it doesn’t count. The first time this Museum was closed because it was being refurbished. The second time I visited only the main floor because the second floor was closed again due to reforms. This is the oldest museum in Cuba, inaugurated in 1899 by Emilio Bacardi, city’s mayor and an outstanding writer, historian and bussinessman linked to the Rum Empire owned by his family. The building, nontheless was ready to be used in 1927 and commissioned by Bacardi’s wife, Elvira Cape. The widow gave an important amount for constructed it. It is a fine, elegant neoclassical structure that highlighted whithin the Santiago urban scale. The main floor houses an eclectic collection of items from Ancient World (even an Egyptian mummy brougth by Emilio Bacardy himself is on display) to South American pre Columbian artifacts and Cuban historical objects and some paintings. Nevertheless the second floor is devoted truly and entirely to art but I have not occasion to see it. What a shame! The library is called Elvira Cape in honor to the lady.
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jow122
If you are anything like us you'd like to have a good look around Cuba, anything like this is worth a visit to see some of the amazing masterpiece
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ottog495
This amazing museum have many treasures, from the throne of an slaved african king to momies from egipt...
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LCP111
A surprisingly good collection of paintings that spanned various centuries. What a surprise to find stunning Flemish and Italian masterworks. Also nice to see European masterpieces not all scrubbed clean by restorers. Ancient artifacts on main floor interesting too including a couple of mummies.Wish the labels were in English too!
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FalmouthLucy
Well worth going into .It has the belongings of Jose Marti. The handmade large wooden torpedo is interesting made to blow up Spanish vessels in the war of independence .There are a good collections of paintings upstairs
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MiP331
Has a very good collection of paintings. A collection of guns interesting. Well located, not far from Parque Cespedes
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CandanA_12
The gentleman to whom we owe quality rum made an effort to display his family belongigngs in a nice building constructed for this purpose.The museum also gives an idea about the historical course of the country. If you have time, don't miss it.