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Taquechel Pharmacy
This French Pharmacy was founded in 1882, on the former Plaza de Armas, and in 1964 is was made a pharmaceutical museum. Pieces are exhibited in the drug store, the dispensary, and two warehouses. Among the most important pieces are the collections of porcelain bottles, glazed and gilded with herbal motifs and arranged on floor to ceiling mahogany shelves.
The museum also shows a collection of thousands of labels, as well as utensils, bottles, devices, formulas and medications, most of them preserved intact.
Address: Obispo, between Mercaderes and San Ignacio
Entrance: no entrance fee (contributions are welcome)
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Numismatic museum
On Bishop Street you will find the Numismatic museum, a coin museum. It holds 1500 pieces grouped according to different historical moments of Cuba. It also exhibits medals, decorations, and coins given in the sugar cane mill as substitute for bills, certificates, lottery bills and falsifications found in the country.
Address: 305 Obispo 305 between Aguiar and Havana
Open: Tuesday to Saturday, 9:15am to 4:45pm; Sunday, 9:00am to 12:45pm
Entrance: 1.00CUC
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The Silversmith museum
The Silversmith Museum is located in an old colonial house where the famous silversmith Gregorio Tabares lived and had his workshop since 1707. The museum owns a valuable collection of artistic and common pieces, attesting that, despite the lack of important precious metal deposits, Cubans are artists in the silversmith craft.The gems of the museum are pieces made in Havana, once owed by the Cuban aristocrats. There is also an interesting mural painting in the building. The museum organizes conferences, cultural exhibitions and other activities on a frequent basis.
Address: Obispo 113, between Mercaderes and Oficios
Open: Tuesday to Saturday, 9:00am to 4:30pm; Monday, 9:00am to 12:30pm
Entrance: no entrance fee (contributions are welcome)
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Palace of the General Captains
On the west side of the square stands the Palace of the General Captains, one of the finest examples of Baroque architecture in Latin America and former residence of Spanish Captain Generals from 1791-1898 and of the Presidents until 1917. It now houses the "City Museum" one of Cuba’s most comprehensive historical museums. It was in this building the treaty between Spain and the USA was signed in 1899. It is also the place where Cuba´s first flag is held.
Address: Tacón, between Obispo and O`Reilly
Open: Monday to Tuesday, 11:30am to 5:30pm; Sunday, 9:00am to 12:00am
Entrance: 3:00CUC
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Colonial Art museum
The small museum displays delicate furniture, sculptures, porcelain, ornamental flowers, dining sets, china and paintings from the colonial era, as well as some typically colonial architectural elements as vitrales and arches.
Address: San Ignacio 61, between Empedrado and O’Reilly
Open: Monday to Sunday, 9:00am to 6:30pm
Entrance: 2.00 CUC – guided tour 3.00CUC (Monday to Saturday only)
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José Martí birthplace
In this small house was born José Martí Pérez, the Cuban National Hero and leader of the independence. Since 1945 it is a museum and documents his life from birth to death, including his marriage, his time in prison, in Spain and New York. The museum offers visits, historical counsel, courses and a specialized library.
Address: Leonor Pérez 314, between Picota and Egido.
Open: Monday to Sunday, 9:00am to 6:30pm
Entrance: 1.00CUC
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The Museum of the Revolution
The Museum of the Revolution was created in 1959 and includes material and collections in relation to the cuban revolution.
It has more than 30 showrooms, which keep about 9.000 pieces of different periods of independence fight.
It´s very close to the Malecón.
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Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes ( MNBA ) is an art museum , public, located in Havana center.
It can house about 45.000 work art pieces, among them , cuban art collections and other parts of the world.
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