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The Archeology Museum is currently located in the Historic Center of the City, in a two-story building dating from 1725,. The Museum is dedicated to the exhibition of Cuban archeology and of other regions of America. It was inaugurated on February 2, 1989. It has permanent and temporary exhibitions to spread and promote knowledge of the archaeological heritage recovered in the national territory between the 16th and 19th century. In general, this museum has a wide collection of relics that are made up of private and institutional donations both Cuban and foreign.

This museum was opened to the public on May 21, 1987. It is located in the former house and workshop of Cuban painter and novelist Carlos Antonio Esteban Enríquez Galope Gómez,  artistically known as  Carlos Enríquez.  The house,  located in the town of Párraga, was built in the year 1939.  He added elements of our colonial architecture such as half point and the grille with lyre motif.  This museum is named after a  ferret which  he hammered on his  residence main door.  This was dyed blue to harmonize with the color of doors and windows.

It is one of the biggest cemeteries in Cuba. It has a 57 hectares surface and is one of the most important cemeteries in the country due to its artistic–cultural, architectonic and historical values. There are several monuments inside as memorials to individuals and facts that have been a milestone in Cuban history. It was declared a National Monument on February 18, 1987.