The Museo el Cemí is a history
museum
A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private colle ...
in
Coabey
Coabey is a barrio in the municipality of Jayuya, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,166. Coabey is a newer barrio which was formed from areas of Jayuya barrio-pueblo and its first census was done in 1930.
Features
The El Cemí Museum () ...
barrio in
Jayuya, Puerto Rico
Jayuya () is a Jayuya barrio-pueblo, town and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Cordillera Central (Puerto Rico), mountainous center region of the island, north of Ponce, Puerto Rico, Ponce; east of Utuado ...
which opened in 1989. The museum building is a replica of a Cemí
and showcases
Taíno
The Taíno are the Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean, Indigenous peoples of the Greater Antilles and surrounding islands. At the time of European contact in the late 15th century, they were the principal inhabitants of most of what is now The ...
artifacts.
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.
Cemí's were Taíno deities.
Gallery
Museo El Cemí, Jayuya, Puerto Rico.jpg
Three-pointed stone owned by Mr Yunghannis, of Bayamón, Puerto Rico.jpg, Three-pointed stone Cemí is a specimen which was owned by Mr. Yunghannis, of Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Bayamón (, ) is a Bayamón barrio-pueblo, city and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in Puerto Rico. Located on the northeastern coastal plain, it is bounded by Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Guaynabo to the east, Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, Toa A ...
See also
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Puerto Rican art
References
External links
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Art museums and galleries in Puerto Rico
Tourist attractions in Puerto Rico
Jayuya, Puerto Rico
1989 establishments in Puerto Rico
Museums established in 1989
Native American museums in Puerto Rico
Taíno in Puerto Rico