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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

* Puerto Rican art


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