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Country house of the Mills
"Country house of the Mills" is located in the Old Botanical Gardens of the University of Havana, was the residence of General Máximo Gómez, the Domenican-born fighter for Cuba´s independence, and today houses the Máximo Gómez Museum and the headquarters of the Asociación Hermanos Saiz, the association of young Cuban writers and artists.
Address: Avenida Salvador Allende (Quinta de los Molinos). Vedado
Open: Monday to Saturday, 9:00am to 4:00pm
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Asia house
The Asia House is an institution that aims to promote the historical, cultural and commercial relations between Havana and Asia, through trade and the arrival of Asian communities.
The museum also exhibits a collection of Chinese and Japanese paintings and sculptures the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Part of the collection was donated by Fidel Castro, given as gifts to him being the political leader of Cuba.
If you are interested in learning Japanese, you can take classes here. There is also a library with literature from and about Asia and the Far East.
Address: Mercaderes 111, between Obispo and Obrapía
Open: Tuesday to Saturday, 9:15am to 4:45pm, Sunday, 9:15am to 12:45pm
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Tobacco house
La Casa del Tabaco is located in an 18th century building. In 1994 it opened its doors as the Habano House museum, showing artefacts related to the tobacco and smoking culture and its influence on art.
Address: Mercaderes 120, between Obispo and Obrapía
Open: Tuesday to Saturday, 9:30am to 4:00pm, Sunday, 9:30am to 12:30pm
Entrance: no entrance fee
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Rum museum
An ancient colonial residence, built in the 17th century (1772- 1780), now houses the rum museum. Here you can see how rum was manufactured during the early 20th century. The 25-minute tour starts with the raw material of sugar cane and ends with a tasting of a 7-year old Havana Club rum in the museum´s bar (where you can also learn how to prepare a Mojito). The museum includes also a restaurant, a shop and an art gallery.
Address: San Pedro 262, corner Sol
Open: Monday to Thursday, 9:00am to 5:00pm; Friday to Sunday, 9:00am to 4:00pm
Entrance: 7.00CUC (children free of charge)
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Chocolate museum
Inspired in the Royal Museum in Brussels, Belgium, and born thanks to the support of Madame Jo Draps, its director, this museum offers a tour through the history of cacao, its discovery by the Spaniards in America, its harvesting, production and commercialization.
Every Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 am you can watch how the chocolates are being manufactured.
Address: Mercaderes and Amargura.
Open: Monday to Sunday, 10:00am to 8:00pm
Entrance: According to your consumption
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Perfume museum
The museum offers a detailed information about the perfumery industry in Cuba, including the productions of the former great industries such as Gravi, Sebatés and Crusellas as well as Suchel, the symbol of the perfumery and toilet soaps productions in Cuba after 1960.
You can also sample and buy perfumes in the shop.
Address: Mercaderes 156, corner Obrapía
Open: Tuesday to Saturday, 2:30pm to 9:45pm; Sunday, 9:00am to1:00pm
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Africa house
Africa house is a small museum with handmade cloths, sculptures, ceramics, furniture and paintings from 38 African countries. It includes the African collection of Fidel Castro. It also exhibits pieces related with the period of slavery in Cuba, and there is a library on Afro-Cuban religions.
Address: Obrapía 157, between Merchants and San Ignacio
Open: Tuesday to Saturday, 9:00am to 5:00pm; Sundays, 9:00am to 12:00am
Entrance: 2.00CUC, +2.00CUC to bring your camara
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Obrapía house
Built in 1648, it is an example of domestic architecture in Havana. It was remodelled in 1793 by the Marquis dof Cárdenas of Monte Hermoso, whose coat of arms is placed over the entrance. .
Now as a house-museum, it exhibits mainly furniture from the 18th and 19th century. It also displays textile handicraft as well as decorative arts objects and utility objects once owned by the aristocracy in Havana.
Address: Obrapía 158 between San Ignacio and Mecaderes
Open: Tuesday to Saturday, 9:30am to 4:30pm; Sunday, 9:30am to 12:30pm
Entrance: free entrance, contributions are welcome.
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Arabian House museum
The Mudéjar style house occupies the Arab museum and the only mosque in Havana. The gems of the collection are the so-called desert rose , a strange limestone formation that seems a flower, Islamic weapons, jewels and rugs.
There is also a bar and restaurant in the building, Al Medina.
Address: Oficio 16, corner Obispo and Obrapía. Old Havana
Open: Tuesday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30 pm
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Tank Car
An exhibition of vintage cars, including the Cadillac used by Ernesto Che Guevara, is presented in this museum in Old Havana. The collection, comprising of North American classics as well as cars made in Italy, Spain, Germany and Great Britain, offers pieces valuable due to its technological importance (Cadillac V16 1930), its importance in the history of automobile (Ford T 1918), or because it belonged or was used by a known personality.
Address: Oficios 13, between Jústiz and Obrapía
Entrance: 2.00CUC
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