List of museums in Ponce, Puerto Rico

This is a list of museums in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Both, museums in the city proper as well as Ponce's rural areas are listed. One unique feature about Ponce museums is that the majority of them are housed in historic structures listed in the National Register of Historic Places. In those cases, the listing below also provided that NRHP registry number.

Museum list summary table Note: The table that follows lists museums by their year of founding, that is, their year of opening. A listing sorted by any of the other fields can be obtained by clicking on the header of the field. For example, clicking on "Barrio" will sort museums by their barrio location.

No. Name Photo Barrio LocationType/Use Year Structure BuiltYear Museum OpenedBuilding ArchitectMuseum CuratorStyleNational Register of Historic Places Listing Number1Museo de Arte de Ponce Canas Urbano Avenida Las AméricasArt museum1965 1959 Edward Durell Stone Cheryl HartupGuide: Curators: Cheryl Hartup Chief Curator, Museo de Arte de Ponce in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 30 January 2019. ModernN/A2Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Tibes Tibes PR-504, km 2.5Archaeology museum19821982 Unk Ponce Municipal Government Modern 780033813Museo Hacienda Buena Vista MagueyesPR-123 km. 16.8Farm museum19331986 Unk Fideicomiso de Conservación Spanish Colonial & Ponce Creole 910014994Museo Casa Paoli CuartoC. Mayor, between Luna and Jobos Biographical museum18641987 Manuel V. Domenech. Néstor Murray-Irizarry? Neoclassical 090007695Museo de la Masacre de Ponce CuartoC. Marina NB and C. Luna WBHuman rights museum19101988 Blas Silva. ICPPonce Creole 050010986Museo Parque de Bombas Segundo Plaza Las Delicias Firefighting museum18821990 Maximo de Meana y GuridiReinaldo E. Gonzalez Blanco. “El turismo Cultural en Ponce durante el Plan Ponce en Marcha, (1990-2000). p. 53. Ed. Neysa Rodriguez Deynes. 2018. Ponce, PR: Professional Editions.Puerto Rico: The Puerto Rico Channel. Tour the Old Ponce Firehouse Museum. Retrieved 28 June 2009.US National Park Service: Historic Places in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Retrieved 28 June 2009. Pablo Ojeda O'NeillCaminata Guiada: Centro Historico de Ponce page 6. Reinaldo E. Gonzalez Blanco. “El turismo Cultural en Ponce durante el Plan Ponce en Marcha, 1990-2000). p. 54. Ed. Neysa Rodrigues Deynes. 2018. Ponce, PR: Professional Editions.Gothic Revival, Victorian, Moorish Revival 840031507Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña TerceroC. Cristina EB and C. Salud NBMusic museum19111990 Alfredo Wiechers PierettiNeysa Rodriguez Deynes. Breviario sobre la Historia de Ponce. 2002. Page 193. Bayamon, Puerto Rico: Impress Quality Printing. ICPNeoclassical N/A8Museo Castillo SerrallésPortugues UrbanoC. Bertoly Final, then Paseo de la CrucetaAgricultural museum19331991 Pedro Adolfo de CastroPatronato de Ponce at CastilloSerrales.org. Neysa Rodríguez DeynesExposiciones Permanentes: "La Hacienda Mercedita" Castillo Serralles. Retrieved 13 July 2012.Reinaldo E. Gonzalez Blanco. “El turismo Cultural en Ponce durante el Plan Ponce en Marcha, 1990-2000). p. 78. Ed. Neysa Rodrigues Deynes. 2018. Ponce, PR: Professional Editions.Spanish Colonial Revival800044949Museo Francisco "Pancho" Coimbre QuintoC. Castillo EB and C. Lolita TizolSports museum19101992 Unk Hector L. Ortiz? Art DecoN/A10Museo de la Historia de Ponce TerceroC. Cristina EB and C. Mayor SBCity history museum19111992 Blas SilvaReinaldo E. Gonzalez Blanco. “El turismo Cultural en Ponce durante el Plan Ponce en Marcha, 1990-2000). p. 84. Ed. Neysa Rodrigues Deynes. 2018. Ponce, PR: Professional Editions.Mariano G. Coronas Castro, Certifying Official; Felix Julian del Campo, State Historian; and Roberto Sackett, State Architectural Historian, Puerto Rico Historic Preservation Office. (San Juan, Puerto Rico) April 11, 1988. In National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form. United States Department of the Interior. National Park Service. (Washington, D.C.) Page 3. Listing Reference Number 88000663: Salazar-Candal House. June 9, 1988.Brochure titled Tourist Attractions: Enjoy Ponce, Southern Experience. Office of Tourism Development. Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. March 2011. Maruja Candal Salazar and Neysa Rodriguez DeynesMuseo de la Historia de Ponce. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 16 July 2012.Reinaldo E. Gonzalez Blanco. “El turismo Cultural en Ponce durante el Plan Ponce en Marcha, 1990-2000). p. 85. Ed. Neysa Rodrigues Deynes. 2018. Ponce, PR: Professional Editions. Classical revival, Art Nouveau, Spanish Revival 8800066311Museo de la Arquitectura Ponceña SegundoC. Reina WB and C. Mendez Vigo NB Architecture museum19121996 Alfredo Wiechers Pieretti and ICPSpanish Colonial Revival8400315112Museo Caja de MuertosCaja de Muertos. Magaly Rivera. WelcometoPuerto Rico.org 2020. Accessed 25 July 2020. Playa @ Caja de MuertosSouthern end of the Island, next to the Guard Barracks Marine museumCaja de Muerto: ¡mucho con demasiado! Héctor Sánchez Martínez. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, PuertO Rico. 30 December 2016. Accessed 27 July 2020.Caja de Muerto: ¿la isla del tesoro? La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 19 June 2012. Accessed 27 July 2020.2005Reserva 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 25 January 2019.2005Reserva 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 25 January 2019. Troop 104, Juana DiazReserva 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 25 January 2019. ICP and DRNA ModernN/A13Museo del Autonomismo Puertorriqueño SegundoAt PNRBC, C. Torre Final NBPolitical history museum18422006 Nieto Blajol Iglesia Neysa Rodríguez DeynesGaleria Principal. Museo del Autonomismo Puertorriqueño, C. Torre and C. Frontispicio. Ponce, PR. Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. 2006. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 16 July 2012. Modern 8400314914Museo Casa Armstrong-Poventud SegundoAcross from Ponce CathedralHistoric house museum18992008 Manuel V. Domenech with ICPNeoclassical 8700182115Museo de la Recordación Tercero C. Salud SB and C. Cristina EBNatural disaster museum19262012 Unk Ponce Municipal Government Spanish Colonial Revival 7800338116Museo Fundación-Biblioteca Rafael Hernández Colón Tercero C. Mayor NB and C. Castillo EBPolitical history museum20151992 Manuel V. Domenech Unk Neoclassical N/A17Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro SegundoC. Torre Final NBCemetery museum18421992 Antonio TorruellaFundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades. Ponce Ciudad Museo 2001. 2001. p. 107. Unk Neoclassical 8400314918Museo de Arqueología de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto RicoFay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 262. Item 1314. Canas Urbano Biblioteca Encarnación Valdés, Avenida Las Américas EBArchaeology museum19481982 Unk PUCPR Modern N/A

Key: C. = Calle (street) NB = Northbound SB = Southbound WB = Westbound EB = Eastbound Unk = Unknown N/A = Not applicable

See also

List of museums in Puerto Rico

References