Comandancia Museum, Matanzas

Visit the Comandancia Museum, Fidel Castro’s headquarters in Matanzas and discover more about Cuban history

Comandancia Museum
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The Museo de la Comandancia (Comandancia Museum) is located in the former offices of a sugar mill in Matanzas. In 1961, during the Cohinos Bay invasion, Fidel Castro moved his headquarters to this building that nowadays stands as a revolutionary museum.

Inside the museum, several objects used by Fidel Castro to organize his troops as well as the weapons employed to prevent the invasion are on display. The museum is divided into five showrooms with permanent exhibits that narrate the great feat that took place on April 1961.

Along the road to the Cochinos Bay, memorials commemorate the place where soldiers died. What’s more, outside the Comandancia Museum, there are the remains of an enemy aircraft shot down by Fidel Castro’s troops.

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Location:

Bahía de Cochinos Road, Matanzas, Cuba

Ticket Price:

1 CUC

Opening Hours:

From 9h00 a.m. to 5h00 p.m. from Tuesday to Saturday

From 08h00 a.m. to 12h00 a.m. Sundays

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