Overview

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Museo de las Américas is a multidisciplinary museum in San Juan, Puerto Rico dedicated to the arts, folklore, architecture and broader history of the Americas. Founded in 1992 by Ricardo Enrique Alegría Gallardo, a professor at the Universidad de Puerto Rico and founder of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, the museum is dedicated to its role in preserving and perpetuating Puerto Rican arts and culture, both within the territory and abroad. Among its temporary exhibitions, the museum has four permanent exhibitions: The Popular Arts in the Americas, The African Heritage, The Indigenous of America and Conquest and Colonization: Birth and Evolution of the Puerto Rican Nation. It is currently housed in the former Ballajá Barracks, built between 1854 and 1864 as one of the last major architectural projects of the Spanish colonial rule over the island before it was annexed by the United States in 1898.

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Fees: Admission

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Links: https://www.museolasamericas.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_de_las_Am%C3%A9ricas

Location

Closest City or Region: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Coordinates: 18.467725, -66.120186

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March 30, 2024 Trip Report

By Jeremy Dye

Trip Members

Jeremy Dye, Tara Dye, Madilyn Dye,

Story

After exploring Castillo San Felipe del Morro, we visited the Las Americas Museum. It was nice to get out of the heat, but the museum wasn't really our style. Several of the galeries were closed when we were there.

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