Bay of Pigs Museum

The Bay of Pigs Museum, also known as the Brigade 2506 Museum and Library, is the official museum in memory of the Bay of Pigs Invasion's Brigade 2506 in Little Havana, Miami, Florida.

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Type: Museum
Description: museum in Florida
Also known as: “Brigade 2506 Museum and Library”
Address: 1821 Southwest 9th Street, Miami, 33135

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tower Theater and Máximo Gómez Park.

Tower Theater

Movie theater

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MDC's Tower Theater is one of Miami's oldest cultural landmarks. When it opened in December 1926, it was the finest state-of-the-art theater in the South. It is located on SW Eighth Street and Fifteenth Avenue in Miami, Florida. Tower Theater is situated 1,800 feet east of Bay of Pigs Museum.

Máximo Gómez Park

Park

Maximo Gomez Park is a small park located on the historic Calle Ocho in Little Havana, Miami, Florida. The park is named after a hero of Cuba's War of Independence, Máximo Gómez.

Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church

Church

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Sts. Peter & Paul Church is located at 900 S.W. 26th Road, in Miami, Florida. Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church is situated 1 mile east of Bay of Pigs Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Little Havana and Brickell.

Little Havana

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Little Havana is located just west of Downtown Miami. Also known as the Latin Quarter, it received its name by being a Cuban neighborhood from the 1970s until the 1990s, but now consists of many Central and South Americans.

Brickell

Neighborhood

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Downtown Miami is a district in Miami, steel-and-glass buildings have sprung up around downtown, the heart of the city. By day there's plenty of activity downtown, as suited lawyers and bankers share the sidewalks with Latino merchants wearing open-neck, intricately embroidered shirts called guayaberas. Brickell is situated 2 miles east of Bay of Pigs Museum.