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Guanabacoa Museum
Museums and Art Galleries - City of Havana
Regions of Cuba - Travel Guide

No one knows exactly when Guanabacoa was founded, but is one of the oldest European settlements in Cuba. It simply grew up around a thriving pre-Columbian Indian settlement and eventually became absorbed into the urban conglomerate of Havana.

Archaeological pieces from the period are among the most important in the collection, and the Guanabacoa Museum itself is
considered a jewel among Cuba's museums.

There are also important documents, weapons and objects that attest to the fierce resistance put up by its citizens to the occupation of Havana by the English in 1762 and their participation in the independence struggles of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Foreign visitors are particularly attracted by its ethnographic collection of objects pertaining to Afro-Cuban religions, such belief systems being very
important for the people of Guanabacoa. A number of rooms are devoted to the sacred objects of the three main syncretic faith: Regla de Ocha, better known as Santeria; Regla de Palo, or Palo-Monte; and the Abakua Secret Society.  All three have produced extraordinary mythologies, musical expressions, dances and crafts.

The Munanso room, where the Babalawo or priest performs his divination rituals surrounded by altars featuring African deities represented by Catholic saints, is of special interest, as are the richly ornate "offering pots" and the representations of Eleggua.

Collections:
- History of Cuba (16th to 20th century)
- Indian Archaeology
- Furniture, crystal and ceramics of the 19th century
- Ethnography: Afro-Cuban Religions

Address:
Calle Marti No. 1 08 e/ Versalles y San Antonio,
Guanabacoa.
Open: Mondays and Wednesday to Saturday: 10:30am to 6:00pm.
Closed Tuesdays
 
 

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Updated August 20, 2000
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