List of museums in Puerto Rico

This list of museums in Puerto Rico contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Name	Town/City	Type	Summary
Arecibo Lighthouse and Historical Park	Arecibo	Maritime
Arecibo Observatory: Angel Ramos Foundation Visitor Center	Arecibo	Science	Astronomy, atmospheric science and the workings of the radio telescops
Casa Armstrong-Poventud Museum	Ponce	History	Early 1900s period life
Casa Alegria	Dorado	Art	information
Casa Cautiño	Guayama	Historic house	Operated by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, features handmade furniture and sculptures by local artists
Casa Degetau	Aibonito	Historic house	information, home of politician Federico Degetau
Casa de la Familia Puertorriqueña del Siglo XIX	San Juan	Historic house	website in Spanish, information, information, operated by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, 19th century life
Casa de los Contrafuertes/Museo de Nuestras Raíces Africanas	San Juan	Medical	information, information and photos, pharmacy museum and an art museum that focuses on Latin American prints and art from the island's African Heritage
Casa del Compositor Héctor Flores Osuna	Caguas	Music	information in Spanish, information in Spanish, home and music of composer Hector Flores Osuna, also Puerto Rican music and dance
Casa del Libro	San Juan	Library	information, information
Casa del Rey	Dorado	Local history
Casa del Trovador	Caguas	Music	website in Spanish, information in Spanish
Casa Escuté	Carolina	Art	information
Casa Jesús T. Piñero	Canóvanas	Biographical	website in Spanish, information, operated by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, 1930s period home of governor Jesús T. Piñero
Casa Luis Muñoz Rivera	Barranquitas	Biographical	website in Spanish, information, operated by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, home of politician Luis Muñoz Rivera
Casa Museo Joaquin de Rojas	Barranquitas	Historic house	information in Spanish, information
Casa Paoli	Ponce	Music	Musical life of Antonio Paoli
Casa Roig	Humacao	Multiple	Regional history and contemporary art
Casa Rosada Abelardo Díaz Alfaro	Caguas	Historic house	information in Spanish, 19th century period home with exhibits on Puerto Rican writers [Museum is closed permanently as of 5/7/2018]
Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Caguana	Utuado	Indigenous Culture	Operated by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture
Centro Cultural de Barceloneta	Barceloneta	Local history	information
Centro Musical Criollo José Ignacio Quintón	Caguas	Music	website in Spanish, information in Spanish
El Castillo San Felipe del Morro	San Juan	Military	Part of San Juan National Historic Site, 18th century fort
El Portal Rain Forest Center	Rio Grande	Natural history	Animals and plants of the El Yunque rain forest, its importance and conservation efforts
Fort San Cristóbal	San Juan	Military	Part of San Juan National Historic Site, 16th century fort
Francisco Oller Museum	Bayamón	Multiple	information, local history and art
Fuerte de Vieques	Vieques	Multiple	History, art, Native culture; also known as Museum Fort Count Mirasol
Hacienda Buena Vista	Ponce	Farming	Historic coffee plantation and farm
Hacienda Lealtad	Lares	Farming	Historic coffee plantation and farm
La Casa Blanca	San Juan	Historic house	Juan Ponce de León’s family residence
Museo Bibiloteco Dr. Jose Barbosa	Bayamón	Biographical	information, life of politician José Celso Barbosa
Museo Casa Canales	Jayuya	Biographical	information in Spanish, information and photos, family of Nemesio Canales and their contributions to Puerto Rico's history
Museo Casa Pueblo	Adjuntas	Multiple	Local culture, art, crafts, nature and the environment
Museo Caja de Muertos	Ponce	Nature	Reserva Natural Isla Caja de Muertos: Laboratorio Natural para Fomentar el Estudio de las Aves dentro del Escutismo. Javier González Delgado. Universidad Metropolitana, Escuela Graduada de Asuntos Ambientales. San Juan, PR. Page 6. 7 December 2010. Accessed 14 March 2017. Fish, bird and reptile exhibits among others.
Museo Castillo Serrallés	Ponce	Rum History	Historic 1930s mansion with exhibits about the island's sugar cane and rum industries, and local art exhibits
Museo de Aguada	Aguada	Local history	information in Spanish, information[Museum is closed permanently as of 5/7/2018]
Museo de Arte de Caguas	Caguas	Art	Facebook site in Spanish, information in Spanish, contemporary art
Museo de Arte de Ponce	Ponce	Art	information in Spanish, European, Puerto Rican, and Latin American art
Museo de Arte Dr. Pio Lopez Martinez	Cayey	Art	website in Spanish, information, operated by the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, features works of Ramon Frade and a Puerto Rican poster collection
Museo de Arte, Historia y Cultura Casa Alonso	Vega Baja	Multiple	Also known as Casa Alonso
Museo de Arte e Historia de San Juan	San Juan	Multiple	information, information
Museo de Arte Religioso Porta Coeli	San Germán	Art	Operated by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, religious art from the colonial era in Latin America
Museo de Artes Populares de Caguas	Caguas	Art	information in Spanish, folk art
Museo de Casals	San Juan	Music	information, information, works of cellist and composer Pablo Casals
Museo de la Historia de Ponce	Ponce	Local history	Ponce's ecology, economy, architecture, government, and elements of daily life
Museo de la Masacre de Ponce	Ponce	Politics	Site of and history of the Ponce massacre
Museo de Las Americas	San Juan	Multiple	website in Spanish, information, located in the Ballajá Barracks, history, art and culture of the Americas
Museo de Los Proceres	Cabo Rojo	Multiple	website in Spanish, art and local history
Museo de Recursos Historicos de Lares	Lares	Multiple	information, art and local history
Museo de Vida Silvestre	San Juan	Wildlife	information [Museum is closed permanently as of 5/7/2018]
Museo del Cartel José PH. Hernández	Río Grande	Art	information
Museo del Autonomismo Puertorriqueño	Ponce	Politics	History of Autonomism in Puerto Rico
Museo del Indio	San Juan	Native American	information, information, located in the Ballajá Barracks
Museo del Niño	San Juan	Children's	information [Museum is closed permanently as of 5/7/2018]
Museo del Tabaco Herminio Torres Grillo	Caguas	Industry	information in Spanish, Facebook page, tobacco, snuff, hand rolling of cigars
Museo el Cemi	Jayuya	Native American	information in Spanish, information, Taino artifacts and culture
Museo Felisa Rincón de Gautier	San Juan	Biographical	information, information, life of Felisa Rincón de Gautier, first woman mayor of San Juan; also known as Museo de Doña Fela
Museo Francisco Pancho Coimbre	Ponce	Sports	Puerto Rican baseball and sports history
Museo Histórico de Caguas	Caguas	Local history	website in Spanish
Museo Juan Antonio Corretjer	Ciales	Biographical	information, life of poet Juan Antonio Corretjer
Museo del Cafe	Ciales	Coffee	History of coffee production in Ciales
Museo Mariana Bracetti	Lares	Art	information, local art and crafts
Museo Militar Guardia Nacional De Puerto Rico	San Juan	Military	information, Puerto Rico National Guard, located in Puerta de Tierra
Museo Puertorriqueño del Deportes	Salinas	Sports	website in Spanish, Puerto Rico Museum of Sports
Museo y Casa de Estudios Alfredo Ramírez de Arellano y Rosell	San Germán	Art	website in Spanish
Museo y Centro de Estudios Humanísticos, Dra. Josefina Camacho de la Nuez	Gurabo	Art	website in Spanish
Museo de Nuestra Raiz Africana	San Juan	African American	website in Spanish, information, slave trade in Puerto Rico and African American cultural heritage [Museum is closed permanently in 2016]
Museum of Art of Puerto Rico	San Juan	Art	Art of Puerto Rico
Museum of Optometry	Bayamón	Medical	website, part of the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico's School of Optometry
Museum of Pharmacy and Medicinal Plants	San Juan	Medical	website, part of the University of Puerto Rico – School of Pharmacy
Museo de la Arquitectura Ponceña	Ponce	Architecture	Puerto Rican architecture with emphasis on Ponce architecture including Ponce Creole
Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña	Ponce	Music	Music of Puerto Rico
Museum of the Conquest and Colonization of Puerto Rico	Guaynabo	Archaeology
Museum of the University of Puerto Rico	San Juan	Multiple	information, information, history, anthropology, art; also known as Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, located at University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
Museum of Transportation of Puerto Rico	Guaynabo	Transportation	Automobiles, bicycles, motorcycles, horse-drawn carriages, ox wagon, history of transportation on the island
Palacete Los Moreau	Moca	Historic house
Parque de Bombas	Ponce	Firefighting	Historic fire station and museum
Parque de las Ciencias	Bayamón	Science
Pico Pomar Residence	Coamo	Local history	Also known as the Coamo Historic Museum
Puerto Rican Athenaeum	San Juan	Art	Includes an art gallery, theater, performance hall and library
Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art	San Juan	Art
Sala de Exhibiciones Rafael Carrión Pacheco	San Juan	Culture	website in Spanish, changing exhibits presented by Banco Popular
San Juan National Historic Site	San Juan	Military	Includes colonial-era forts, bastions, powder houses, and three fourths of the old city wall, and the Fort San Cristóbal
Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center	Ponce	Archaeology	Taino archaeology site and museum

See also

• Botanical gardens in Puerto Rico (category)
• Houses in Puerto Rico (category)
• Forts in Puerto Rico (category)
• Nature Centers in Puerto Rico
• Observatories in Puerto Rico (category)
• Registered Historic Places in Puerto Rico

References

• Yahoo Travel: Puerto Rico Museums