Santo Domingo Museums, Dominican Republic
The following pictures are from three museums in Santo Domingo:
(a) Museo del Hombre Dominicano, with a large collection of Tiano artifacts, as well as other sections on slavery, the Carnival, and more.
(b) Museo de las Casas Reales, which showcases colonial era artifacts in a building that was once the seat of Spanish power in the Caribbean.
(c) Museo Alcazar de Colon, restored house of the son of Columbus, Diego, who served here as Spain's colonial governor, and his wife, Maria.
Museo del Hombre Dominicano
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Taino sculpture
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Misc objects (more)
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Taino Moon Goddess
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Sculpture (more)
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Sculpture
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Sculpture
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Pottery
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Pottery
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Jewelry
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Sculpture
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Cahoba rituals
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Pre-Columbian seals
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Pottery (more)
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Jewelry
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Sculpture
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Sculpture
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Sculpture
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An iconic doll
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Pottery
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Carved gourds for daily use
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Slavery on the island
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African musical instruments
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Peanuts, a New World crop
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Carnaval masks (more)
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Haunting burial
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Museo de las Casas Reales
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Ex-seat of Spanish authority
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Spanish governer's house
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Ex-office of the governer,
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Courtyard (more)
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A painting at the entrance
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Columbus' notes
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Bird from afar
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A pharmacist's cupboard
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Exhibit on slavery on the island
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Instruments of control
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Branding/punishing a slave
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A sugarcane press
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Fictional portrait of
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Other famous Spaniards
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Museo Alcazar de Colon
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Restored early 16th century
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... Diego and his wife,
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Corridor on the second floor
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Maria's bedroom
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Room between Maria and
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Diego's bedroom
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Music room (1, 2)
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