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Museo Armería 9 de Abril

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Museum / Cultural center
CA Ranking: 2
Best for: Collection firearms and bladed weapons spanning the 18th to the 20th centuries.
Open: 9am-4:45pm Tues-Sun
Admission: Free
Mercaderes #157, e/ Obrapía y Lamparilla, Habana Vieja

    • The Museo Armería 9 de Abril displays a large collection of firearms and bladed weapons spanning the 18th to the 20th centuries. It occupies the former Compañía Armera de Cuba, a private gun shop that young tevolutionaries of Fidel Castro’s 26th July Movement stormed on April 9, 1958 to seize weapons for their cause. Four revolutionaries were killed in the assault.

    Opening hours: 9am-4:45pm Tues-Sat; 9am-12:30m Sun

    
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