History
Museo el Cemí in Coabey, a barrio of Jayuya in Puerto Rico, opened in 1989 as a history museum devoted to Taíno heritage. It displays Taíno artifacts and is especially notable for its architecture: the building was designed and built in the shape of a cemí. In Taíno belief, cemís were deities, so the museum’s form reflects the culture and indigenous history presented inside. Both a landmark and a small cultural museum, it connects the building itself to the Taíno past it preserves.
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