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Museum of the history , geography and heritage of the Dominican Republic
contributed along the way of the country's historical journey. The exhibitions
focus on the first inhabitants of the island, the North American intervention
and its interaction with Haiti.
Operating days: Monday thru Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm
Telephone: 809-687-6452
Price : 20 pesos adults / Schools 5 pesos, colleges and students 10 pesos.
Located at the Culture Plaza Juan Pablo Duarte , Pedro Henrique Ureña street.
Closed to the public – under inventory and maintenance , not information
available about the re-opening.
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Museum of the Dominican Man with the best pre-Colombian collection of archaeology,
religious pieces and sculptures. Also with the most important exhibition
of tainos items of the country.
Hours : tuesday thru Sunday from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Phone : 809-687-3623
Price : RD$20 students and children / RD$60 per adults / RD$75 non Dominican
citizens.
Located at the Culture Plaza Juan Pablo Duarte , Pedro Henrique Ureña
street.
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Museum of Modern Art of the Dominican Republic presents permanently the
masterpieces of the most notorious Dominican artists.
Hours : du mardi au dimanche 09h00-17h00.
Phone : 809-685-2153
Price : RD$20 students and children / RD$50 all adults.
Located at the Culture Plaza Juan Pablo Duarte , Pedro Henrique Ureña
street.
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This museum is about the rich history of Santo Domingo and colonization
with tapestries, furniture, maps and other objects from 1492 until 1821
he was the mayor's office.
Hours : Monday thru domingo from 9:00am to 5:00pm.
Phone : 809-682-4202
Price : RD$100 per adult (06/2012).
Located in front of the sun’s clock , las Damas street, corner Mercedes
at the Spain Plaza.
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Museum of underwater archaeology, with brick warehouses where was kept
the merchandise that arrived to the port. Because the main buildings cities
were being built with stones they were made of brick a secondary material.
Hours : Tuesday thru Sunday from 10:00am to 5:00pm.
Phone : 809-682-5834
Price : RD$50 per adults and free for students and children under 12 years.
Located in the Colon street N. 4, at the Colonial Zone.
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Heritage Museum and local art on the decorative arts of the nineteenth
century to the early twentieth.
Hours : Tuesday to Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4p.m.
Phone : 809-689-5000
Price : 20 pesos / Children and students 10 pesos.
Arzobispo Merino street, Colonial Zone.
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The
Faro a Colon is a monument dedicated to the memory of Christopher Columbus
with a museum based on the history of the discovery of the Americas, colonization
and evangelization. Was opened in 1992 celebrating the First Centenary of
the Encounter between two cultures. It has 237 meters long by 52 meters
wide and reflects the light in a cross shape in the sky at night. It also
has a mausoleum where the rest of the ashes of Christopher Columbus.
Hours : Tuesday thru Sunday from 9:00am to 5:00pm.
Phone : 809-591-1492
Price : RD$100 per all adults / RD$20 per students and RD$10 per children.
Located on the eastern side of the city at the Mirador del Este Park , Avenida
Estados Unidos, Villa Duarte.
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Alcazar de Colon was the headquarters of Christopher Columbus court
and his wife Maria de Toledo, this palace displays items belonging to Columbus
family , it was built in the 1500s by Christopher Columbus’s son Diego.
It mixed the styles Gothic and the Spanish and Italian renaissance.
Hours : Tuesday thru Sunday from 9:00am to 5:00pm.
Phone : 809-682-4750
Price : RD$100 per all adults / RD$20 for students and free for children
under 8 years.
Is located in the Colonial Zone.
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Museum of the Dominican Family of the Nineteenth Century
This is a Colonial mansion that was built in 1503, and displays personal
items belonging to a wealthy Dominican family from the 19th century. Even
though its content is fascinating, most of the museum is the house itself,
which has the only double Gothic window in all of North and South America.
Hours : Monday thru Saturday from 9:00am to 4:00pm
Phone : 809-689-5000
Price : RD$100 per all adults / RD$20 for students and children.
Located in Padre Billini Street, corner Arzobispo Merino in the Colonial
Zone.
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Private collection of the twentieth century paintings, open to the public.
Hours : Tuesday thru Sunday from 9:00am to 6:00pm and Saturdays from 9:00am
to 12:30pm.
Phone : 809-541-7721
Price : Free
Located in Av. F Kennedy street corner Luis Lembert Peguero, Honda building.
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The Museum of Contemporary Ceramics
Private collection of the Art of Contemporary Ceramics..
Hours : Monday to Friday from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Phone : 809-540-4350
Price : Free
Located in Victor Garrido Puello street N. 130
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Garcia Arevalo Collection of Pre-Hispanic Art
The Museum of the foundation of Garcia Arevalo is an interesting museum
containing the most complete collection of the Taíno culture in the
Caribbean and Pre-Columbian archaeology.
Hours : Monday thru Friday from 9:00am to 12:00pm.
Phone : 809-540-7777
Price : Free
Located in Av. San Martin N. 279 corner Kennedy street .
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This Museum allows the children to learn in a modern and fun space, it
has gardens, movie theatre, library, craftwork expositions and interactive
activities as the simulation of an earthquake, it has eight rooms with permanent
exhibitions and offers guided tours for children of 4 thought 12 years old.
Hours : Tuesday thru Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm and Saturdays and Sundays
from 10:00am to 6:00pm.
Phone : 809-685-5551
Price : RD$100 per adults and RD$60 per children
Located at las Damas street , Rodrigo´s of Bastidas House at the Colonial
Zone.
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Rue Jose Reyes, Colonial Zone.
Private museum on the art of china.
Hours : Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., weekends and holidays from
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone : 809-688-47-59
Price : 20 pesos
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Archaeological Museum La Caleta
Highway Las Americas.
Pre-Columbian archaeological site.
Hours: Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Avenida Las Americas.
Pre-Columbian archaeological site with three caves, inland lakes and a lake
outside.
Phone : 809-788-70-56
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Duarte Museum
Street Isabel La catolica No 308, Colonial Zone.
Museum on the work-life of Juan Pablo Duarte, Father of the Nation.
Hours : Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday 8 a.m. to 1
p.m. Phone : 809-687-14-36
Price : 5 pesos
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Central Bank, Street Pedro Henríquez Urena, Gazcue.
Museum on the heritage National Philatelic and Numismatic.
Hours : Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Phone : 809-221-91-11
Price : Free
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The Museum World of Amber
Street Arzobispo Meriño, No 452, Colonial Zone.
Private museum on the Amber.
Hours : Monday to Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Phone : 809-682-33-09
Prix : 50 pesos
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Street Isabel La Católica No 452, Colonial Zone.
Private museum on the stone Larimar.
Hours : Monday to Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Phone : 809-686-57-00
Price : Free
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The Museum of Radio and TV. Lulio Moscoso
Street Dr. Tejada Florentino, No 8, Villa Consuelo.
Museum on the radio and national television.
Hours: Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone : 809-689-21-21
Price : Free
