Havana Museum of Decorative Arts
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

The Museum of Decorative Arts ( es, Museo de Artes Decorativas), at 17th and E streets in the Vedado district of Havana, Cuba is a decorative arts museum in the former residence of the María Luisa Gómez-Mena viuda de Cagiga, ''Countess of Revilla de Camargo'', sister of
José Gómez-Mena Vila José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernac ...
, the owner of the
Manzana de Gómez The Gran Hotel Manzana Kempinski La Habana is a luxury hotel in Havana, Cuba. It is located in the historic Manzana de Gómez building, an early-20th-century building that was Cuba's first shopping mall. The Kempinski Hotel chain, belongs to ...
. It was designed in Paris by architects P. Virad and M. Destuque, inspired in French Renaissance and was built between 1924 and 1927 in a neo-classical style.


Address

Calle 17 #502, between E and D, Vedado, Havana, Cuba


References

* ''Cuba - Eyewitness Travel Guides'' (Dorling Kindersley Publishing, 2004) * ''Havana'' (Lonely Planet Publications,2001)


External links


Great Houses of Havana
Museum of Decorative Arts, Havana The Museum of Decorative Arts ( es, Museo de Artes Decorativas), at 17th and E streets in the Vedado district of Havana, Cuba is a decorative arts museum in the former residence of the María Luisa Gómez-Mena viuda de Cagiga, ''Countess of Re ...
Museums in Havana History museums Decorative arts museums Art museums and galleries in Cuba Art museums established in 1964
Museum of Decorative Arts, Havana The Museum of Decorative Arts ( es, Museo de Artes Decorativas), at 17th and E streets in the Vedado district of Havana, Cuba is a decorative arts museum in the former residence of the María Luisa Gómez-Mena viuda de Cagiga, ''Countess of Re ...
{{art-display-stub