Museo del Aire

CA3
Museum / Cultural center
CA Ranking: 3
Open: 10am-5pm daily
Admission: CUC 2
Ave. 212 e/ 29 y 31, Marianao
Also included in For Kids section
  • Museum This open-air exhibition of combat planes, helicopters, rockets and documents charts the history of Cuba’s air defence from the early days of the Revolution, through the Soviet era to the present. Also of interest are personal belongings of the first Cuban cosmonaut, Arnaldo Tamayo, and a planetarium.

    Admission details: CUC 2; CUC 3 with guide

    
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