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.

Type: Museum
Description: Museum in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Also known as: “Las Americas Museum”, “Museo de las Americas”, and “Museum of the Americas”

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.

Parque de Beneficencia

Park

Photo: Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Parque de Beneficencia is a park.

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 city and 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 small historic neighborhood in San Juan Islet in northeastern Puerto Rico, located within the districts of San Cristóbal and Mercado of San Juan Antiguo barrio in San Juan, the capital city and municipality.