Simón Bolívar House Museum
Visit the Museo de Simón Bolívar in Old Havana and discover the history of the Liberator of the Americas
Simón Bolívar House Museum
The Museo Casa de Simón Bolívar (Simón Bolívar House Museum) is situated within an old Neoclassical palace dating back to between 1806 and 1817. It is located in 160 Calle Mercaderes Street, on the corner of Obrapía Street, right in front of the bronze statue of Latin America’s liberator, in Old Havana.
This museum in honor of Simón Bolívar was opened July 24th 1993, coinciding with the anniversary of his birth. Its purposes are, among others, the study and spreading of the Bolivarian way of thinking.
Simón Bolívar Statue ©Francis Larrede
It has permanent exhibitions dealing with the history of the Bolivarian nation and its main figures of independence. It’s worth noting the Venezuelan Contemporary Acrylic collection donated by Venezuelan artists; the Polychromatic Baroque Collection, made up of 35 scenes made of polychromatic clay about the life of the Liberator; the Iconographic Collection, made up of by 41 photographs of original portraits of the Liberator throughout his life, painted by Feller Valois; and the Historical Objects Collection, a small but valuable collection of objects related to the Bolivar’s greatest achievements.
The museum also houses a great library with important book collections and Latin-American documents. In addition, due to the patrimonial importance of the building and the magnificent archaeological remains found during its restoration, a part of this excavation has been left uncovered where remains from the 17th century are displayed.
More information:
Location:
Calle Mercaderes nº 160.
Ticket price:
Free admission, donations allowed.
Opening hours:
Tuesdays through Sundays from 9:00am to 5:00pm.
Telephone:
(+537) 861 3988.
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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