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Interior of the Porta Coeli Religious Art Museum
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Museo de las Américas' facade
Museums
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Instituto de Cultura
artists from the 16th century
onward. A sculpture garden
features avant-garde
works
(see pp60-61)
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Museo de San Juan
Puertorriqueña
The headquarters of the nation's
main cultural organization is in
an imposing 19th-century Neo-
Classical building. Its galleries
display exhibits on geology, pre-
Columbian relics and religious
icons, colonial miscellany, and
contemporary art
(see p9)
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Museo Pablo Casals
Art and artifacts tracing
the city's history are displayed in
this former colonial-era market-
place. Audio-visual exhibits
provide a lively overview
of the past.
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Map U5 • Calle
Norzagaray 150, San Juan • 787 724
1875 • Open 9am-4pm Tue-Fri,
10am-4pm Sat-Sun • Adm
Casals
(see p34)
, the
Spanish cellist who lived
his last 15 years in San
Juan, is honored in this
18th-century town house
on Plaza San José.
Exhibits include his cello
and original manuscripts
(see p62)
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Museo de Arte de
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Museo de las
Américas
This museum, in the
former Spanish military
headquarters, celebrates
the many cultures of the
Americas. Its display of
Latin American folk art and
religious icons includes a
collection of
santos
(see p47)
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Map T5 • Cuartel de Ballajá, Calle
Norzagaray, San Juan • 787 724 5052
• Open 10am-4pm Tue-Sun
Casals' cello at
Museo Pablo Casals
Puerto Rico
Housed in a former Neo-Classical
hospital and adjoining modernist
structure, this museum showcases
works by Puerto Rico's foremost
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Museo de Arte
de Ponce
Works by Dutch, English,
French, and Italian
masters, North American
artists, and Puerto Rico's
foremost painters are
housed in this art
museum, itself an archi-
tectural masterpiece,
designed by modernist
Edward Durell Stone
(see pp26-7)
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Elegant staircases in the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico
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