Museum of Santiago de Cuba (Emilio Bacardí)
This is one of the most ancient museums in the Island, now it is called “museum Emilio Bacardí” in honor to a famous industrialist who was associated mainly with the Rum industry and whom the museum owes many of its collections since this man was who bought the most part of museum’s pieces.
The museum has a important hall of archaeology which saves many pieces of famous and ancient cultures mainly from South America and Egypt. The highlights in this hall are the mummies of the Peruvian culture Paracas and the Egyptian mummy (it belong to a women and it is almost two thousand years old) which were brought from Luxor (former Thebes and Capital of ancient Egypt) by Emilio Bacardi himself.
The museum also owns a very important and complete collection of colonial paintings as well as several historical objects used in the Independence war like a torpedo which was used against the Spanish in the XIX century.
The museum is located at “Pio Rosado” street and opens from Tuesday to Saturday from 9:00 to 18:00 and Sundays from 9:00 to 13:00.
Museum Antonio Maceo
This building is completely dedicated to Antonio Maceo the greatest hero of the Cuban Independence War and was constructed during the first third of the XIX century. The house has a simple style; its walls are made of twigs covered with lime and sand. This place was the site in where Maceo was born on June 14, 1845 and now saves several objects which belonged to Maceo and pictures of his feats.
Antonio Maceo fought against the Spanish between 1868 and 1895 and his most prominent interventions are “the Baragua Protest” where he refused to surrender after 10 years of war and the “East to West invasion” this last is one of the greatest military feats in the Cuban history. Finally Maceo was killed in 1895 just before the final battle against the Spanish troops when he was 51 years old and had dedicated 32 years of his life to the Cuban Independence.
The museum is situated at 207 “Los Maceo” street and opens from Monday to Saturday between 8:00 and 18:30. Besides, the Antonio Maceo museum you can visit also the monument in honor to Antonio Maceo which is a impressive sculpture, perhaps the most beautiful in the city.
Rum Museum
It works in the former house of Mariano Gomez who was treasurer of the company Bacardí , the enterprise that produces the famous rum which has the same name. Its halls tell us the history of the Sugar industry in Cuba as well as the invention and evolution of the rum. Besides, the museum owns a impressive collection of Barrels of aging, bottles and labels. The place is located at 358 “San Basilio” street.
Carnival Museum
The halls of this museum are whole dedicated to the Santiago de Cuba’s Carnival history. The museum owns a beautiful collection of costumes, musical instruments and photos related with the Carnival feast, the more important festival in Cuba
Piracy Museum
The museum works inside the famous Morro Castle and is dedicated to the Piracy history in Cuba. The place of the museum is absolutely ideal since this place was constructed in XVII century to defend the city against the pirates.
The museum has several samples of piracy attacks that happened in Santiago de Cuba like the attack did by the French pirate Jacques de Sores who attacked the city in the XVI century with 4 ships and took 80000 gold pieces. The museum opens from Tuesday to Sunday from 9.00 to 18:00.
Siboney farm
This national monument was the point which was used by Castro and his men to hide the night before the attack to Moncada Barracks on July 26, 1953. The fact that marked the start of the Cuban revolution. This farm is located at the outskirts of the city at Km 13.5 “Siboney” road and saves a collection of objects and documents related to these events. You can sit this place from Tuesday to Sunday from 9:00 to 17:00.
Isabelica Museum
It is located in a former French Coffee Plantation to east of the city, in where usually worked landowners from Haiti. This beautiful house owns a collection of furniture, farming implements and some archaeological objects that were found in the zone. Besides, it is a great location because usually there is a good weather and a wonderful view of the “Sierra Maestra”(the biggest peaks range in Cuba). It is situated at Km 14 “la Gran Piedra “road and you can visit this place from Tuesday to Saturday from 9:00 to 13:00.
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