List of museums in Ponce, Puerto Rico

World-class Museo de Arte de Ponce, the jewel in the crown of Ponce museums

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

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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 Location Type/Use Year Structure Built Year Museum Opened Building Architect Museum Curator Style National Register of Historic Places Listing Number
1 Museo de Arte de Ponce Canas Urbano Avenida Las Américas Art museum 1965 1959 Edward Durell Stone[1] Cheryl Hartup[2] Modern N/A
2 Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Tibes Tibes PR-504, km 2.5 Archaeology museum 1982 1982 Unk Ponce Municipal Government Modern 78003381
3 Museo Hacienda Buena Vista Magueyes PR-123 km. 16.8 Farm museum 1933 1986 Unk Fideicomiso de Conservación Spanish Colonial & Ponce Creole 91001499
4 Museo Casa Paoli Cuarto C. Mayor, between Luna and Jobos Biographical museum 1864 1987 Manuel V. Domenech[3] Néstor Murray-Irizarry? Neoclassical 09000769
5 Museo de la Masacre de Ponce Cuarto C. Marina NB and C. Luna WB Human rights museum 1910 1988 Blas Silva[4] ICP Ponce Creole 05001098
6 Museo Parque de Bombas Segundo Plaza Las Delicias Firefighting museum 1882 1990 Maximo de Meana y Guridi[5][6][7] Pablo Ojeda O'Neill[8][9] Gothic Revival, Victorian, Moorish Revival 84003150
7 Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña Tercero C. Cristina EB and C. Salud NB Music museum 1911 1990 Alfredo Wiechers Pieretti[10] ICP Neoclassical N/A
8 Museo Castillo Serrallés Portugues Urbano C. Bertoly Final, then Paseo de la Cruceta Agricultural museum 1933 1991 Pedro Adolfo de Castro[11][12] Neysa Rodríguez Deynes[13][14] Spanish Colonial Revival 80004494
9 Museo Francisco "Pancho" Coimbre Quinto C. Castillo EB and C. Lolita Tizol Sports museum 1910 1992 Unk Hector L. Ortiz? Art Deco N/A
10 Museo de la Historia de Ponce Tercero C. Cristina EB and C. Mayor SB City history museum 1911 1992 Blas Silva[15][16][17] Maruja Candal Salazar and Neysa Rodriguez Deynes[18][19] Classical revival, Art Nouveau, Spanish Revival 88000663
11 Museo de la Arquitectura Ponceña Segundo C. Reina WB and C. Mendez Vigo NB Architecture museum 1912 1996 Alfredo Wiechers Pieretti[20] ICP Spanish Colonial Revival 84003151
12 Museo Caja de Muertos[21] Playa @ Caja de Muertos Southern end of the Island, next to the Guard Barracks Marine museum[22][23] 2005[24] 2005[25] Troop 104, Juana Diaz[26] ICP and DRNA Modern N/A
13 Museo del Autonomismo Puertorriqueño Segundo At PNRBC, C. Torre Final NB Political history museum 1842 2006 Nieto Blajol Iglesia Neysa Rodríguez Deynes[27][28] Modern 84003149
14 Museo Casa Armstrong-Poventud Segundo Across from Ponce Cathedral Historic house museum 1899 2008 Manuel V. Domenech[29]: 3  ICP Neoclassical 87001821
15 Museo de la Recordación Tercero C. Salud SB and C. Cristina EB Natural disaster museum 1926 2012 Unk Ponce Municipal Government Spanish Colonial Revival 78003381
16 Museo Fundación-Biblioteca Rafael Hernández Colón Tercero C. Mayor NB and C. Castillo EB Political history museum 2015 1992 Manuel V. Domenech Unk Neoclassical N/A
17 Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro Segundo C. Torre Final NB Cemetery museum 1842 1992 Antonio Torruella[30] Unk Neoclassical 84003149
18 Museo de Arqueología de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico[31] Canas Urbano Biblioteca Encarnación Valdés,
Avenida Las Américas EB
Archaeology museum 1948 1982 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

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References

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  1. ^ Martinez, Marialba (30 October 2003). "Puerto Rico Grieves Over The Loss Of Its Premier Statesman Four Months Short Of His 100th Birthday". Puerto Rico Herald. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  2. ^ Guide: Curators: Cheryl Hartup Chief Curator, Museo de Arte de Ponce in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Accessed 30 January 2019.
  3. ^ Llanes Santos, Juan (11 August 2009), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Casa Paoli (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2016, retrieved 10 March 2016.
  4. ^ Llanes Santos, Juan; Pagán, Jacqueline (June 2005), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Casa de la Masacre (PDF), retrieved 8 March 2016.
  5. ^ Reinaldo 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.
  6. ^ Puerto Rico: The Puerto Rico Channel. Tour the Old Ponce Firehouse Museum. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
  7. ^ US National Park Service: Historic Places in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
  8. ^ Caminata Guiada: Centro Historico de Ponce page 6. [dead link]
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes. Breviario sobre la Historia de Ponce. 2002. Page 193. Bayamon, Puerto Rico: Impress Quality Printing.
  11. ^ Patronato de Ponce at CastilloSerrales.org
  12. ^ Muñoz Polanco, Luis (7 July 1980), National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Castillo de Serralles (PDF), retrieved 22 February 2016.
  13. ^ Exposiciones Permanentes: "La Hacienda Mercedita" Castillo Serralles. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ Reinaldo 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.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ Brochure titled Tourist Attractions: Enjoy Ponce, Southern Experience. Office of Tourism Development. Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. March 2011.
  18. ^ Museo de la Historia de Ponce. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ Armando Morales Pares, State Architect, S.H.P.O., Abelardo Gonzalez Aviles, Architect, Centro de Investigaciones Folkloricas de Puerto Rico (Ponce, Puerto Rico) (18 May 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Villaronga Residence". National Park Service.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) and Accompanying seven photos, exterior and interior, from 1984
  21. ^ Caja de Muertos. Magaly Rivera. WelcometoPuerto Rico.org 2020. Accessed 25 July 2020.
  22. ^ Caja de Muerto: ¡mucho con demasiado! Héctor Sánchez Martínez. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, PuertO Rico. 30 December 2016. Accessed 27 July 2020.
  23. ^ Caja de Muerto: ¿la isla del tesoro? La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 19 June 2012. Accessed 27 July 2020.
  24. ^ 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 25 January 2019.
  25. ^ 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 25 January 2019.
  26. ^ 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 25 January 2019.
  27. ^ Galeria Principal. Museo del Autonomismo Puertorriqueño, C. Torre and C. Frontispicio. Ponce, PR. Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. 2006.
  28. ^ Museo del Autonomismo Puertorriqueño. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  29. ^ Felix Julian del Campo, State Historian, and Hector F. Santiago, State Architectural Historian, PRSHPO (1987). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Residencia Armstrong-Toro / Casa de las Caricitides". National Park Service.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) with 10 photos from 1987
  30. ^ Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades. Ponce Ciudad Museo 2001. 2001. p. 107.
  31. ^ Fay 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. LCCN 92-75480