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 | Barranquitas | 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 |
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 |
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 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 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 |
Museum of African Roots | San Juan | African American | website in Spanish, information, slave trade in Puerto Rico and African American cultural heritage |
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 |
Palacete Los Moreau | Moca | Historic house |
Parque de Bombas | Ponce | Firefighting | Historic fire station and museuum |
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 |