Caguas Museum of History

In Caguas, Puerto Rico, a local history museum occupies the municipality’s old city hall on Muñoz Rivera Street at the western edge of Plaza Palmer, the main square in Caguas Pueblo, the city’s historic and administrative center. Its exhibitions are arranged around five themes that explore historical periods and aspects of Puerto Rican and local identity. A central theme is the meaning of Criollo in Caguas, where the term commonly refers to the city’s natives and residents regardless of race or ethnicity. That idea is closely linked to Caguas’s nickname, la Ciudad Criolla, and to a broader civic identity expressed in local institutions and sports teams.

Caguas, Puerto Rico · United States