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Museo Armería 9 de Abril

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 18^th to the 20^th centuries. It occupies the former Compañía Armera de Cuba, a private gun shop that young tevolutionaries of Fidel Castro’s 26^th 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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