Museum sights in Sancti Spíritus
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Fundación de la Naturaleza y El Hombre
Replicating its equally diminutive namesake in Miramar, Havana, this museum on Parque Maceo chronicles the 17,422km canoe odyssey from the Amazon to the Caribbean in 1987 led by Cuban writer and Renaissance man Antonio Nuñez Jiménez (1923–98). Some 432 explorers made the journey through 10 countries, from Ecuador to the Bahamas, in the twin dugout canoes Simón Bolívar and Hatuey. The latter measures over 13m and is the collection's central, prized piece. Beware of sporadic opening hours.
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Museo de Arte Colonial
This small museum displays 19th-century furniture and decorations in an imposing 17th-century building that once belonged to the sugar-rich Iznaga family, who owned half of Trinidad's Valle de los Ingenios.
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Museo de Ciencias Naturales
Not much of a natural history museum, this colonial house just off Parque Serafín Sánchez has a stuffed crocodile (which will scare the wits out of your three-year-old) and some shiny rock collections.
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Museo Casa Natal de Serafín Sánchez
Serafín Sánchez was a local patriot who took part in both Wars of Independence and went down fighting in November 1896. This museum cataloguing his heroics deserves a cursory glance. Be prepared to be followed from room to room by the ever-vigilant staff.
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