Museo Carlos Finlay

Named after Cuba’s most famous scientist, this engaging museum on Calle Cuba is also home to the Academia de Ciencias Médicas, Físicas y Naturales (Academy of Medical, Physical & Natural Sciences). A physician of French and Scottish descent, Finlay (1833–1915) was the first scientist to identify the mosquito as the organism that caused yellow fever. Later on he became Cuba’s chief medical officer and a respected figure within the Latin American scientific community. The museum displays numerous busts and paintings related to the scientist’s remarkable life, along with a stash of over 95,000 medical books.