Museo de Las Américas

This is a awesome place to take it easy and learn more about the island of PR and its original inhabitants.

This museum is outside of El Murro, and was a good brief introduction to the history of cultures of the Americas.
It wasn’t one of the best museums I’ve been to (it is not the MET or any of the Smithsonians), but it was an easy way to get a simple overview of all the different cultures that resided in Latin America. I think there were about 6 rooms you can walk into and learn about the history and culture. Two rooms featured art from Puerto Rico (one was a photography exhibit of a handful of Puerto Ricans in their everyday life), another was a guest exhibit of his Venetian Masks (the artist actually came into the exhibit which was kinda cool). I think two of the rooms were only in Spanish, and they said they were still working on English translations, so may be that will be changed in the future.
There is a student and senior discount I believe. It was about ~$ 3 per person, which wasn’t too bad. The odd thing was the very overly sales-​like museum staff who approached us at the front of the museum to advertise the museum’s exhibits to us.
I would not go out of my way to come here, but I would stop by if you’re in the area and you have an hour to spare. The coffee shop at the main level courtyard of the museum is a spectacular way to relax after your visit.

Just left this place and was very impressed. The fashion art exhibit was spectacular with enthusiastic staff. The music exhibit American Sabor was very informative and plenty of features to listen to fabulous music. This is a great place to visit and is near the Fort so you can do both.

Definitely worth checking out! It’s located right across the street from The El Morro fort. There’s a delicious coffee shop to get you started than head upstairs where they have 8 exhibits. Each room is quite unique. We only paid $ 3, well worth it! We saw the fashion art exhibit– beautiful! And the slavery exhibits were very moving.

AWESOME!!! SUPER AWESOME! Small, quaint, lots to learn. Beautifully maintained, beautifully staffed. Professional, courteous. A gem, a true hidden gem!

Only three dollars entry fee. Not the best museum ever but if you have the time it is certainly worth it. Some very interesting exhibits but you won’t need more than an hour or so for the whole thing. Definitely better for Spanish speakers but ok for English speakers too.

First of all, the museum is located at Cll Beneficencia, San Juan, 926, Puerto Rico. It is showing the address incorrectly on the map.
This is a wonderful museum! There are galleries on native peoples of the Americas as well as a good exhibit on African art and the colonial period in Puerto Rico. The permanent exhibits are really well done and there are a couple of temporary exhibits on contemporary art. Its a very inexpensive way to learn a bit about the art and culture of different peoples. As a bonus, it gets you out of the hot sun (or rain in our case) and into cool. air conditioned rooms in an old historic building. If you like art or history museums, you’ll enjoy it.

A small museum worth the trip. Watch the 20 min video in the 1^st gallery about Peruvian sculpture Felipe Lettersten & his journey through the Amazon creating statues of willing tribes. Closed on Mondays & has AC.