The 10 Best Specialty Museums in Santo Domingo Province, Santo Domingo Province

The Duarte Museum or Duarte Institute is the house where Juan Pablo Duarte was born on January 26th, 1813. It is a historical and biographical museum where his personal items as well as those belonging to his family are preserved.

This museum contains artifacts and other historical exhibits on Santo Domingo from 1492 to 1821.

In this Museum you will find the historical and scientific data on the time of the creation of amber, the animals and vegetation of that era that were fossilized in the amber, and everything concerning the formation and the characteristics of this gem.All the pieces on display in the cabinets, on the panels, in the large wide-field microscopes, dioramas, audio-visual and interactive technology have the purpose to transport you back to the origin of amber.You can also find fine pieces of jewellry to take back home in the jewelry shop we have mounted as a request of many visitors.

One exhibit at this museum, which focuses on Dominican history, is dedicated to Generalísimo Trujillo and includes the car in which the dictator was assassinated.

A chocolate museum to learn a lot about the Cacao, to taste organic products home-made with the cacao beans of Dominican Republic !The entrance is free, you will discover how to make chocolate products ...Have you ever eat a cacao bean ?How is made the white chocolate ?

Housed in a restored 16th-century building, exhibits here celebrate rum and sugar cane, two of the country’s most important exports. Displays and photographs explain the history of their production and importance to the DR’s economy. Of course, you can sample the wares at the small bar or buy some to go.