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Museo el Cemí

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View of the Cemí museum.

The Museo el Cemí is a history museum in Coabey barrio in Jayuya, Puerto Rico which opened in 1989. The museum building is a replica of a Cemí[1][2] and showcases Taíno artifacts.[3][4]

Description

The museum building was designed and built in the shape of a Cemí, a Taíno deity and is on PR-144 in Coabey, Jayuya. The museum's inauguration was in 1989.[5] Cemí's were Taíno deities.[1]

Gallery

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution : Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology". Internet Archive. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  2. "Cemi Museum – A Window to the Past". www.puertoricodaytrips.com. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  3. "Museo El Cemí". Discover Puerto Rico. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  4. "El Cemi Museum". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  5. "Arquitectura Museo del Cemi. Municipio de Jayuya. Puerto Rico". Arquitectura (in español). 2018-02-09. Retrieved 2021-09-24.

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18°12′38″N 66°33′42″W / 18.21048°N 66.56157°W / 18.21048; -66.56157