Museo de las Américas
Museo de las Américas is a multidisciplinary museum in San Juan, Puerto Rico dedicated to the arts, folklore, architecture and broader history of the Americas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Museum
- Description: Museum in San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Also known as: “Las Americas Museum”, “Museo de las Americas”, and “Museum of the Americas”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Plaza del Quinto Centenario and Parque de Beneficencia.
Plaza del Quinto Centenario
Park
Photo: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Plaza del Quinto Centenario, also Plaza del V Centenario, popularly referred to as Plaza del Tótem, is a modern square in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, inaugurated in 1992 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the European discovery and Spanish conquest of Puerto Rico and the Americas and the first European settlement of San Juan.
Fort San Felipe del Morro
Photo: Madera, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castillo San Felipe del Morro, most commonly known as El Morro, is a large fortress and citadel in the Old San Juan historic quarter of San Juan, the capital municipality of Puerto Rico. Fort San Felipe del Morro is situated 540 metres northwest of Museo de las Américas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Juan and La Perla.
San Juan
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Old San Juan is a historic district or quarter located at the "northwest triangle" of San Juan Islet in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Its area roughly correlates to the Ballajá, Catedral, Marina, Mercado, San Cristóbal, and San Francisco sub-barrios of barrio San Juan Antiguo in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
La Perla
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Perla is a historic neighborhood located in the northern historic city of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, stretching about 650 yards along the rocky Atlantic coast immediately east of the Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery and down the slope from Calle Norzagaray.
Cataño
Photo: Jeff Hitchcock, CC BY 2.0.
Cataño is a small municipality and town in the Northern Coast region of Puerto Rico, across from Old San Juan in the Bay of San Juan.
Museo de las Américas
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: San Juan Antiguo, San Juan, Northern Coast, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
18.46777° or 18° 28′ 4″ northLongitude
-66.12008° or 66° 7′ 12″ westElevation
29 metres (95 feet)Open location code
77CMFV9H+4XOpenStreetMap ID
node 367770069OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
4566387Wikidata ID
Q126029207
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In Other Languages
“Museo de las Américas” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Museo de Las Américas”
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