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The Larimar Museum
The history of larimer. They also sell beautiful crafted jewelry
Free to the public. A must see http://www.larimarmuseum.com/
Hours: Monday thru Saturday 8 to 6, Sunday 8 to 2
Directions: Isabela la Catolica near Padre Billini (the same block as the cathedral)
Plaza de la Cultura/The Cultural Center
Mueso de Arte Moderno/Museum of Modern Art
Hours: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Tuesday thru Sunday
Cost: RD$10.00 pesos per person
Tel. 685-2154
Museo Nacional de Historia y Geografía/National Museum of History and Geography
Hours: 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM Tuesday to Sunday
Cost: RD$5.00 pesos Adults / RD$3.00 pesos Children
Tel. 686-6668
Museo del Hombre Dominicano/Museum of the Dominican Man
Hours: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Tuesday thru Sunday
Cost: RD$20.00 pesos adults/ RD$5.00 Children.
Contact: 809-687-3622
Museo de Historia/Natural Museun of Natural History
Hours: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Tuesday to Sunday
Cost: RD$20.00 pesos per person
Contact: 809-689-0106
all are located in the Gazcue area of Santo Domingo. To learn more about this park
go here.
The Amber World Museum "When trees cried golden tears"
For thousands of years, and in many cultures, amber had its significance as a very personal adornment of great value and beauty.
Dominican Amber has received special international recognition because of its purity, diversity of colors and the rare inclusions of scientific and collectible value.
Here in this museum they walk you through the process in which amber is created from the moment the amber resin comes out of the tree to the creation of the jewelry made from this beautiful unique resin. There are samples of eye-opening stone collections.
Contact: 809-686-5700 or 809-682-3309 or 809-688-1205 http://www.amberworldmuseum.com/
Directions: Arz. Meriño # 452, and Calle Restauración - Zona Colonial
The Larimar Factory
Handcrafted Caribbean Larimar Jewelry
Contact: 809-686-5700 or 682-3309 or 688-1205
Directions: Arz. Meriño # 452, and. Restauración- Zona Colonial
El Museo del Tabaco/ The Tobacco Museum
Free admission - so come in and browse. Learn about the interesting history and tobacco's effect on the local economy. They also sell fine cigars and tobacco products.
Contact: 809-689-7665
Directions: Calle El Conde #101 Colonial Zone
Museo de las Casas Reales/ Museum of the Royal Houses
This museum has artifacts and other historical exhibits on Santo Domingo from 1492 to 1821. It holds pieces from the island's Hispanic period. The most important attraction there is the building itself, originally called Palacio de los Capitanes Generales. Here was located first court house that controlled the New World.
More about the building.
Entrance fees: $50 pesos per person / $10 pesos - students / children free with adult / Guides are free but you should give them a tip.
Hours: Tuesday thru Saturday 9 to 5, Sunday 10 to 4, Closed Mondays
Contact:: 809-682-4202
Directions: Calle Las Damas Colonial Zone
Museo Numismático y Filatélico
This museum shows the evolution of the Dominican currency.
Hours: 9:00 AM to 4:00 P.M
Cost: free
Contact: 809-688-6512
Directions: Pedro Henríquez Ureña in the Banco Central Colonial Zone
Duarte was born in this modest one story house in January 1813. He is known for his fight for Independence. This museum contains documents and paintings and in the more elegant rooms there is furniture and items from La Trinitaria, the underground movement Duarte founded.
Hours: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Tuesday thru Friday. 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M Saturday.
Cost: RD$5.00 pesos
Contact: 809-687-1436
Directions: Isabel La Católica #306 in Plaza España
Museo Naval de las Atarazanas/ Naval Museum of the Atarazanas
Museo de las Atarazanas or el Museo Marítimo also called the Marine Museum
This museum, housed in a 16th century depot and later a warehouse, documents the history of many of the famous shipwrecks that happened along the coast of Dominican Republic. It also shows how they have made efforts to recover these wrecks. There are cannons, coins, pipes, swords and many more treasures found off the coast of Dominican Republic. Included is the wreck and treasure of Guadalupe y Conde de Tolosa that was shipwrecked in Samaná in 1724. There is a wealth of treasures that have been resurrected from the many wrecks that are displayed here. Also documented is information about how life was aboard the Spanish galleons that used these waters hundreds of years ago. There is so much interesting historical information and trivia here with the signs written in both English and Spanish.
Hours: Monday thru Saturday 9 to 5, Sunday 9 to 1. Closed Wednesdays.
Cost: RD$20.00 pesos per person Children and Students free (2006)
Contact: 809-682-5834
Directions: La Atarazana Calle Colon #4 in Plaza España
Museo de la Porcelana/ Museum of Porcelain
The building, which looks small from the outside as do many of the houses in the Colonial Zone, was modeled after the Alhambra Palace in Spain it is said. The courtyard is beautiful as well the porcelain collection.
Hours: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Tuesday thru Saturday. Sunday from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Cost: RD$15.00 pesos per person
Contact: 809-688-4759
Directions: Jose Reyes #6
Museo de la Familia/ Museum of the Dominican Family
This museum is located in the Casa de Tostado. It has a good collection of 19th-and 20th-century Victorian wicker and mahogany furniture and a beautiful ,green courtyard where you can relax for a time. If you go up the stairs you will have a great view of the Colonial Zone.
Hours: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday thru Saturday
Cost: RD$20.00 pesos per person
Contact: 809-689-5000
Directions: Padre Billini and. Arz. Meriño
Museo Alcazar de Colon
In this the house where Christopher Columbus's son, Diego, lived, is the furniture, many clothing items, and home utensils from the era. Still arranged the same way they were when he lived here. This mansion is a must-see by those who want to learn, about Santo Domingo's historical beginnings. The furnishings, supplied by the Spanish government, had to be replaced when most were destroyed by USA gunfire and bombings during their 1965 invasion
Directions: Calle las Damas
Plaza de la Cultura/The Cultural Center:
Mueso de Arte Moderno/Museum of Modren Art
Museo Nacional de Historia y Geografía/National Museum of History and Geography
Museo del Hombre Dominicano/Museum of the Dominican Man
Museo de Historia/Natural Museun of Natural History
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