Location: Santo Domingo
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Top 10 Specialty Museums in Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo Province
Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic and a UNESCO world heritage site, is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the Americas and one of the most populous cities in the Caribbean. The city is a mix of old world charm and modern Latin flair. Its medieval palaces and fortresses mix with nightlife and shopping to rival any modern city in the world. You'll find pristine beaches and hidden gems like a salsa/merengue club set inside a huge underground cave.
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1. Museo Casa Duarte
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5.0 based on 8 reviews
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.
2. Museo del Jamon
3. Museo De Las Casas Reales
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 440 reviews
This museum contains artifacts and other historical exhibits on Santo Domingo from 1492 to 1821.
Reviewed By kingflete - Boston, United States
This place is huge. I loved the garden (although the upkeep could use some work). Overall a good place to blow off an hour or two in a cool shaded breezy palace.
4. Amber World Museum
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4.5 based on 165 reviews
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.
Reviewed By JuliaO364 - Miami Beach, United States
This museum is dedicated to the unique stones found in Dominican Republic, most specificallyAmber. You will only find Amber and Larimar jewelry in this store . The workmanship and the quality of the stones, however, is much superior to what you can find in other gift shops. This locale is a museum as well. The entrance of the museum is a staircase whose handrail is made of amber.It is a small but extremely interesting place, well worth a visit.
5. Museo Infantil Trampolin
6. Museo de la Porcelana
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4.5 based on 9 reviews
Reviewed By E872SNjesusd
Margarita was awesome. She is bilingual although I had the tour in her native language of Spanish. She was able to explain the differences in porcelain from the different countries and highlighted the most important pieces. At the end of the tour she shows you a treasure trove of cat pieces that will be a joy for any cat lovers. My mother and sister have collections of their own but they would be blown away by this one.
7. Museum of History and Geography
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4.0 based on 10 reviews
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.
8. Biblioteca La Trinitaria
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
9. ChocoMuseo Santo Domingo
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4.0 based on 296 reviews
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 ?
Reviewed By Morgan2010 - Lebanon, United States
Feel free to walk in and learn a bit about chocolate. But of course you will want to try free samples - especially of the liqueurs. Our host let us try as many as we wanted, and never once pressed us to buy. A rarity from what we saw in this city. We brought home a bottle of the liqueur and bottle of bark chips and spices to make Mamajuana at home. Two locations, almost just around corner form each other
10. The Museum of Rum and Sugar Cane
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4.0 based on 14 reviews
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.
