Museo Nacional de Historia y Antropología Villa Roy

Lonely Planet review

The Museo Nacional de Historia y Antropología Villa Roy is housed in the former home of ex-president Julio Lozano (near Calle Morelos), an opulent two-story mansion overlooking the city. Fascinating, if somewhat intense, the museum traces a chronological path through Honduran history, from independence, through the Liberal reform period, to modern-day Honduras.

Displays are long and detailed (and in Spanish only); a close reader could spend hours here learning about everything from the establishment of the national telegraph system to unionization movements in the banana, railroad and mining industries. The section on the Vaccaro brothers and the rise of Standard and United Fruit Companies will be interesting even to casual visitors, as few events have shaped Honduras' past and present more deeply.