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.

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

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.NamePhotoBarrioLocationType/UseYear Structure BuiltYear Museum OpenedBuilding ArchitectMuseum CuratorStyleNational Register of Historic Places Listing Number
1Museo de Arte de PonceCanas UrbanoAvenida Las AméricasArt museum19651959Edward Durell Stone[1]Cheryl Hartup[2]ModernN/A
2Centro Ceremonial Indígena de TibesTibesPR-504, km 2.5Archaeology museum19821982UnkPonce Municipal GovernmentModern78003381
3Museo Hacienda Buena VistaMagueyesPR-123 km. 16.8Farm museum19331986UnkFideicomiso de ConservaciónSpanish Colonial & Ponce Creole91001499
4Museo Casa PaoliCuartoC. Mayor, between Luna and JobosBiographical museum18641987Manuel V. Domenech[3]Néstor Murray-Irizarry?Neoclassical09000769
5Museo de la Masacre de PonceCuartoC. Marina NB and C. Luna WBHuman rights museum19101988Blas Silva[4]ICPPonce Creole05001098
6Museo Parque de BombasSegundoPlaza Las DeliciasFirefighting museum18821990Maximo de Meana y Guridi[5][6][7]Pablo Ojeda O'Neill[8][9]Gothic Revival, Victorian, Moorish Revival84003150
7Museo de la Música PuertorriqueñaTerceroC. Cristina EB and C. Salud NBMusic museum19111990Alfredo Wiechers Pieretti[10]ICPNeoclassicalN/A
8Museo Castillo SerrallésPortugues UrbanoC. Bertoly Final, then Paseo de la CrucetaAgricultural museum19331991Pedro Adolfo de Castro[11][12]Neysa Rodríguez Deynes[13][14]Spanish Colonial Revival80004494
9Museo Francisco "Pancho" CoimbreQuintoC. Castillo EB and C. Lolita TizolSports museum19101992UnkHector L. Ortiz?Art DecoN/A
10Museo de la Historia de PonceTerceroC. Cristina EB and C. Mayor SBCity history museum19111992Blas Silva[15][16][17]Maruja Candal Salazar and Neysa Rodriguez Deynes[18][19]Classical revival, Art Nouveau, Spanish Revival88000663
11Museo de la Arquitectura PonceñaSegundoC. Reina WB and C. Mendez Vigo NBArchitecture museum19121996Alfredo Wiechers Pieretti[20]ICPSpanish Colonial Revival84003151
12Museo Caja de Muertos[21]Playa @ Caja de MuertosSouthern end of the Island, next to the Guard BarracksMarine museum[22][23]2005[24]2005[25]Troop 104, Juana Diaz[26]ICP and DRNAModernN/A
13Museo del Autonomismo PuertorriqueñoSegundoAt PNRBC, C. Torre Final NBPolitical history museum18422006Nieto Blajol IglesiaNeysa Rodríguez Deynes[27][28]Modern84003149
14Museo Casa Armstrong-PoventudSegundoAcross from Ponce CathedralHistoric house museum18992008Manuel V. Domenech[29]:3ICPNeoclassical87001821
15Museo de la RecordaciónTerceroC. Salud SB and C. Cristina EBNatural disaster museum19262012UnkPonce Municipal GovernmentSpanish Colonial Revival78003381
16Museo Fundación-Biblioteca Rafael Hernández ColónTerceroC. Mayor NB and C. Castillo EBPolitical history museum20151992Manuel V. DomenechUnkNeoclassicalN/A
17Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de CastroSegundoC. Torre Final NBCemetery museum18421992Antonio Torruella[30]UnkNeoclassical84003149
18Museo de Arqueología de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico[31]Canas UrbanoBiblioteca Encarnación Valdés,
Avenida Las Américas EB		Archaeology museum19481982UnkPUCPRModernN/A

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

See also

References
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  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.
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