Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña
Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña in Barrio Cuarto | |
| Established | 1990 |
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| Location | SE corner of Calle Isabel and Calle Salud, Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates | 18°0′45.3234″N 66°36′38.772″W / 18.012589833°N 66.61077000°W |
| Type | Music history museum |
| Owner | State (ICP) |
The Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña (English: Museum of Puerto Rican Music) is a museum in Ponce, Puerto Rico, that showcases the development of Puerto Rican music, with displays of Taíno, Spanish, and African musical instruments that were played in the romantic danza genre, the favorite music of 19th-century Puerto Rican high society, as well as the more African-inspired bomba and plena styles. Also on display are memorabilia of composers and performers. The Museum traces the rich musical history of Puerto Rico through memorabilia of prominent musicians and displays of the musical instruments associated with the three genres of music that originated in this Caribbean island.
The building that houses the museum is known as Casa Serrallés and it was the former downtown residence (as opposed to his hilltop Castillo Serrallés structure) of Juan Eugenio Serrallés and his family, owners of Destilería Serrallés and makers of the Don Q rum.