El Carnaval Museum, Santiago de Cuba
Learn about the festive world of the Carnival in this museum dedicated to the famous festivities in your journey to Santiago de Cuba.
El Carnaval Museum
© Francesco Roman
Inaugurated in 1983, El Carnaval Museum was created with the intention of keeping the traditions and memories of the carnivals of Santiago de Cuba.
The museum is divided in three different matters: Carnival during the Colony, in the Interfered Republic and the Revolution. You will see many objects that will tell you the history of the Carnival over the course of centuries through the halls of the museum.
See the models of the carriages exhibited in the museum along with trophies, banners, clothes, cloaks and decorations. Furthermore, you can see a collection of music instruments used by the bands that play in the festivities. Watch, among others, the French tomb, the Cabildo Carabalí or the conga typical from Santiago de Cuba, and go out onto the beautiful patio where local and national folkloric traditions are recreated.
More information:
Location:
Heredia Street, 303. Santiago de Cuba.
Ticket price:
1 CUC
Opening times:
Monday 2 pm - 5 pm
Tuesday through Friday and Sunday 9 am - 5 pm
Saturday 2 pm - 10 pm
Teléfono:
(22) 62 6955
Interactive map:
Santiago de Cuba
What to see:
- Céspedes Park
- Calle Heredia Street
- Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Cathedral
- Velázquez Balcony
- Casa de la Trova
- Model of the City
- Plaza de Dolores Square
- Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores Church
- Plaza de Marte Square
- Provincial Government Palace
- Tívoli
- Escalinata Padre Pico Highway
- Cuartel Moncada Headquarters
- Plaza de la Revolución
- Pioneers’ Palace
- La Gran Piedra
- Cumbre La Gran Piedra Summit
- Cafetal La Isabelica Coffee Plantation
- Parque Baconao
- Baconao Aquarium
- Baconao Lagoon
- Granma Cay
- Siboney
- El Cobre
- Nuestra Señora del Cobre Basilica
- Chivirico and its Vicinity
- Pico Turquino Peak Area
- Pico Turquino
Beaches:
Museums:
- Museum of Historical Cuban Atmosphere
- Archdiocesan Museum
- Municipal Museum Emilio Bacardí Moreau
- El Carnaval Museum
- Rum Museum
- Clandestine Fight Museum
- Casa-Natal de Antonio Maceo Birth House Museum
- Abel Santamaría Historic Park
- San Juan Historic Park and the Peace Tree
- Cemetery of Santa Ifigenia
- Castle of San Pedro de la Roca del Morro
- Granjita Siboney Museum
- Spanish-Cuban-American War Museum
- Prehistory Valley
- Monument to Cimarrón
Other nearby destinations:
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