Goldsmithing Museum
Visit the Goldsmithing Museum in Old Havana, Cuba and learn more about the development of Cuba
Goldsmithing Museum
The Museo de la Orfebrería (Goldsmithing Museum) is located in an old Colonial house where, after 1707, Gregorio Tabares lived and had his workshop. This house is in number 113 of Calle Obispo Street, in the heart of Old Havana.
On each of its two floors the museum exhibits valuable collections of artworks and items of daily use that bear witness to the development of Cuba, even though it has always lacked important precious metal deposits.
The first floor houses exhibition rooms dedicated to jewellery, clocks, numismatics and toilet articles; while the second floor houses weapons, canes, religious and lighting pieces, and dining room items.
It is worth noting the collection of items produced in Havana, belonging to Cuban families. Among them you’ll find jewels, writing desks, numismatic and religious art pieces, arms decorations, etc.
In the museum you’ll find works from the 19th century and first quarter of the 20th century, among other items from the 16th and 18th centuries due to their antiquity and beauty.
Currently, the Goldsmithing Museum is also the headquarters of the Plateros de San Eloy Congregation, gathering those who presently work in this particular vocation.
More information:
Location:
Calle Obispo nº 113, La Habana, Cuba.
Ticket price:
Free admission.
Opening hours:
Tuesdays through Saturdays from 9:00am to 4:30pm; Mondays from 9:30am to 12:30am. Sundays closed.
Telephone:
(+537) 863 9861.
Interactive map:
What to see in Old Havana
- Essential places to visit:
- Plaza de la Catedral Square
- Havana Cathedral
- Palacio de los Marqueses de Aguas Claras Palace
- Museo de Arte Colonial
- Plaza de Armas Square
- Castillo de la Real Fuerza (Castle of the Royal Force)
- Museo de Navegación (Maritime Museum)
- City Museum (Capitanes Generales Palace)
- Plaza de San Francisco de Asís Square
- San Francisco de Asís Convent and Religious Art Museum
- Rum Museum
- Plaza Vieja Square
- Planetarium
- Calle Mercaderes Street
- Maqueta Museum of Old Havana (Scale Model Museum)
- Calle Obispo Street
- Places to visit (See for superior stays to 3 days):
- La Bodeguita del Medio
- Palacio del Conde de Lombillo Palace
- Marqués de Arcos Palace
- Segundo Cabo Palace
- El Templete
- Automobile Museum
- Casa de la Obra Pía House
- Bacardí Building
- Plaza del Cristo Square
- Belén Convent
- Casa Natal de José Martí (Birthplace Museum)
- Iglesia de San Francisco de Paula Church
- Other places:
- Alejandro Humboldt Museum
- Fototeca de Cuba
- Pablo de la Torriente Brau Cultural Center
- Marqués de Prado Ameno Cards Museum
- National Museum of Natural History of Cuba
- La Casona Art Center
- Simón Bolívar House Museum
- Armería 9 de Abril Museum
- Chocolate Museum
- Casa de Asia House Museum
- Casa de África House Museum
- Casa de México Benito Juárez House Museum
- Tobacco Museum
- Firefighters Museum
- Oswaldo Guayasamín House Museum
- Numismatic Museum
- 28 de Septiembre de los CDR Museum
- Goldsmithing Museum
- Mural Painting Museum
- Farmacia Habanera Museum
- Santa Clara Convent
- Iglesia Parroquial del Espíritu Santo Church
- IIglesia del Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje Church
- Nuestra Señora de Kazán Orthodox Cathedral
- Iglesia del Santo Ángel Custodio Church
- El Floridita
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