Museo de Orfebrería

CA1
Museum / Cultural center
CA Ranking: 1
Best for: Collection of silver walking sticks, swords and other items of metalwork by Cuban silversmiths from the 15th-20th centuries
Open: 9am-5pm Tues-Sun
Admission: Free
Obispo #113, e/ Mercaderes y Oficios, Habana Vieja
  • The museum displays a collection of silver walking sticks, swords and other items of metalwork by Cuban silversmiths from the 15th-20th centuries. Especially interesting are the pieces from the colonial and republican periods, including items made by the brothers Misa Besada, Spanish silversmiths who resided in Havana. The early 19th-century building where the museum is situated is a faithful example of Havana’s neoclassical domestic architecture.

    Opening hours: 9am-5pm Tues-Sat; 9am-12:45pm Sun

    
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