Museo Eduardo García Feria y José García Castañeda, Holguín
Swing by the Museo Eduardo García Feria y José García Castañeda dedicated to these to important figures of Holguín, Cuba
The Museo Eduardo García Feria y José García Castañeda (Eduardo García Feria y José García Castañeda Museum) is a small gallery located in Holguín exhibiting the life and labour of these father and son archaeologists and naturalists. The first of them makes him the forerunner of the city’s first museum and he is considered as a main figure in the distribution of the Cuban culture.
In the 20th century it was normal to collect items of some value and some of these collectors ended up joining their collections and showed them to the public. Among these people we have Eduardo García Feria who ended up putting together an extremely important collection owing to the donation of unknown people and their own excavations. Their sons, José Agustín and Rolando García Castañeda cooperated with him in the enrichment of the funds.
Eduardo’s collection, apart from its size and value, differed from the others in the area, as this one points out any type of detail that had to do with every piece making it the forerunner of the Cuban museology. Proud of his collection, the family father decided to leave the items permanently in the living rooms of his house, opening it to the public and so everyone who would want to can see it.
Soon the humble museum gained popularity and people outside the city went and visited it. Eduardo García Feria worked as a guide in the living room of his house and showed the visitants the characteristics of his exhibition. Without doubt he was an individual who selflessly carried out crucial social work that every Holguín man or woman has greatly appreciated.
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Location:
Agramonte con Maceo, Holguín
Entrance fee:
Free
Interactive map:
Holguín
City of Holguín
What to see:
- Holguín Cathedral
- Parque Peralta
- Parque Calixto García
- Biblioteca Álex Urquiola
- Parque Céspedes
- Iglesia de San José
- Plaza de la Marqueta
- Plaza de la Revolución Calixto García
- La Loma de la Cruz
- Fábrica de Órganos
- Mirador de Mayabe
Museums:
Gíbara
What to see:
Museums:
- Museo de Historia Natural
- Museo de Historia Municipal
- Museo de Artes Decorativas
- Galería Cosme Proenza
Beaches:
Banes
What to see:
- Guardalavaca
- Parque Natural Cristóbal Colón
- Sitio Histórico de Birán
- Acuario de Cayo Naranjo
- Bioparque Rocazul
- Parque Nacional Monumento Bariay
- Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad
- Locomotora a vapor 964
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