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Museo Municipal Emilio Bacardí Moreau

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Emilio Bacardí Moreau Municipal Museum
Museo Municipal Emilio Bacardí Moreau
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Established1899
LocationSantiago de Cuba
FounderEmilio Bacardi Moreau

The Emilio Bacardí Moreau Municipal Museum (Spanish: Museo Municipal Emilio Bacardí Moreau) is a museum in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Dating back to 1899, this museum is the oldest in Santiago de Cuba.

History

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Museo E. Bacardi, Central Hall, Santiago de Cuba

It was established in 1899 by its founder and famous rum distiller Emilio Bacardi Moreau, in Santiago de Cuba.[1] Situated on Calle Pío Rosada, between Calles Heredia and Aguilera, it is Santiago de Cuba's oldest museum.[2]

Emilio Bacardí and his wife, Elvira Cape, embarked on a significant journey overseas in 1912. Their trip yielded an impressive collection of antiquities and art, as well as Cuba's first genuine mummy and sarcophagus from Egypt.[3] These items would later be displayed. Additional exhibits in the museum included three death masks of Napoleon, a significant collection of artifacts from Cuba's wars of independence, art pieces deaccessioned from the Museo del Prado, and important works representing the French modernist era.[4]

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See also

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Media related to Museo Municipal Emilio Bacardi Moreau at Wikimedia Commons

References

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  1. ^ Focus on International Library and Information Work. (2002). United Kingdom: International Library and Information Group.
  2. ^ Twigg, A. (2004). 101 top historical sites of Cuba. Vancouver: Prospect Books.
  3. ^ Coulombe, Charles A. Rum. Citadel Press.
  4. ^ Baron, L. P., Falk, P. H. (2008). F. Luis Mora : America's first Hispanic master (1874-1940). United States: Falk Art Reference.