Cuban Natural History Museum
Discover the intriguing Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Cuba (Cuban Museum of Natural History) in Old Havana
Cuban Natural History Museum
© Cuban Natural History Museum
The Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Cuba (Cuban Museum of Natural History) is located in the Plaza de Armas (Main Square) of Old Havana. The scientific and cultural institution is inside a building filled with large crystal windows. It is a great spot to visit different collections dedicated to the natural sciences.
The museum was inaugurated in 1964 and aimed to promote the sciences, its knowledge, and information within the community. The collections, conservation, investigation and exhibition of natural objects held in the museum are a great way to promote the museum's goals. Moreover, its collections of minerals, rocks, fossils, plants, and animals are considered part of the nation’s patrimony.
Visitors can also make use of the museum’s children’s room, video room and library with over 3,000 titles. The library was named after zoologist Miguel Luis Jaume.
More Information:
Location:
Plaza de Armas La Habana Vieja, Cuba.
Opening Times:
Tuesday to Friday from 10:30 am to 5:30 pm. Saturday and Sunday from 10:30 am to 5:00 pm.
Ticket Price:
3 CUC.
Phone Number:
(+53) 7 8639361.
Interactive map:
Havana:
Old Havana
- Cathedral Square
- Havana Cathedral
- Conde de Lombillo Palace
- Palace of the Marqués de Arcos
- Marqueses de Aguas Claras Palace
- Mural Art Museum
- Museum of Colonial Art
- Callejón del Chorro Alleyway
- La Bodeguita del Medio
- Plaza de Armas Square
- Segundo Cabo Palace
- City Museum
- La Real Fuerza Castle
- Navigation Museum
- El Templete
- Cuban Natural History Museum
- Mercaderes Street
- Tobacco Museum
- Model Museum of Old Havana
- Asia House Museum
- Simón Bolívar House Museum
- Casa de la Obra Pía Museum
- Museo Casa de África (Africa House Museum)
- Oswaldo Guayasamín House Museum
- Museo Armería 9 de Abril (Armory Museum April 9)
- Museo de los Bomberos (Firefighters Museum)
- Museo del Chocolate (Chocolate Museum)
- Obispo Street
- Museo de la Orfebrería (Silversmithing Museum)
- Museo de Pintura Mural (Mural Art Museum)
- 28 de Septiembre de los CDR Museum
- Museo Numismático (Numismatic Museum)
- Museo Casa de México Benito Juárez (Benito Juárez House of México Museum)
- Museo de la Farmacia Habanera (Havana Pharmacy Museum)
- San Francisco de Asís Square
- San Francisco de Asís Church
- Museum of Religious Art and History in Old Havana
- Automobile Museum
- Old Town Square
- Centro de Arte La Casona (La Casona Art Center)
- Fototeca de Cuba (Cuban Photo Library)
- Planetarium of Havana
- Naipes Museum
- Pablo de la Torriente Brau Cultural Center
- Casa Alejandro de Humboldt Museum
- Museo del Ron (Rum Museum)
- Nuestra Señora de Kazán Orthodox Cathedral
- Bacardi Building
- Plaza del Cristo
- Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje Church
- Santo Ángel Custodio Church
- Iglesia Parroquial del Espíritu Santo (Church of the Holy Spirit)
- Santa Clara Convent
- Convento de Belén (Belén Convent)
- Iglesia de San Francisco de Paula (San Francisco de Paula Church)
- Casa Natal de José Martí Museum
Centro Habana
- Capitolio Nacional de Cuba
- Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso
- Paseo Martí
- Museo de la Revolución
- Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
- Real Fábrica de Tabacos Partagás
- San Salvador de la Punta Castle
- Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
- Hotel Inglaterra
- Havana's Chinatown
- Parque de la Fraternidad
- Fuente de la India
- Monumento a Máximo Gómez
- Casa Museo José Lezama Lima
Vedado
- El Malecón
- Cabaret Parisien
- Hotel Habana Libre
- Cementerio Colón
- Hotel Nacional de Cuba
- University of Havana
- Teatro Nacional de Cuba
- Avenida de los Presidentes
- Revolution Square
- Napoleonic Museum
- Museo Napoleónico
- Casa de las Américas
- Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas
- Parque John Lennon
- Museo de Historia Natural Felipe Poey
- Museo Antropológico Montané
- Monumento a Julio Antonio Mella
- Edificio Focsa
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