Best places: Museums in Villa Consuelo, Dominican Republic

Historic governor's palace, built by Christopher Columbus' son & featuring period furniture & art.

👍👍 A fun, inexpensive way to spend an hour. Lots of exhibits about animals. Cafeteria wasn’t open when we visited.

These Spanish government offices dating to the 1500s now function as a museum of colonial history.

👍👍 One of our favourite experiences in Santo Domingo. Low cost of admission, remarkable variety of work presented. Highly recommended.

👍👍 Great place to have drinks. I did not try the food. Nice atmosphere.

👍👍 Awesome museum! Perfect to come with kids and learn about Dominican history, the wax figures are so realistic that you actually think you are there!

👍👍 Small but nice museum, you can taste different flavours of rum.

Modern museum about the history of the resistance in the area, with fact-packed exhibits.

👍👍 I go to this center often. It functions as a museum and center for technology-related events. The people who work here are trained and provide good service.

Imposing marble mausoleum in grand surrounds housing the nation's founding fathers.

Refined hotel offering a restaurant, a courtyard & a lobby bar, plus an outdoor pool.

Displays of a diverse collection of amber stones with insects, plants & even small vertebrates.

Interactive children's museum offering exhibits on science & the nation's culture & ecosystems.

👍👍 This is an historical place with so much feelings hard to explain for any patriotic dominican, so much stories, tales, our independence, this was a clever piece of that historical moment... wish i was there with Mella, shooting that big gun powder and proclaming our big day.... God bless them and al...

👍👍 I loved the interest in helping me find what I wanted.

This concrete memorial honoring Christopher Columbus projects cross-shaped light beams into the sky.

👍👍 Awesome museum!Nice crew.Best regards!Wreck divers from Poland :)

Founded by Juan José Bellapart, this museum contains around 200 works by Dominican artists.

👍👍 Beautiful place, full of magic and the mystery of our colonial houses. It is full of modernized spaces that preserve their origins. It has an underground activity room, although it is accessed by a beautiful spiral staircase or an elevator. Also a small library that preserves the history of the plac...

😠 Non c'è nulla , foto alcuni indumenti ed 1 auto , non è proprio organizzato per essere considerato un museo