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Museo de Arte de Ponce
Museo de Arte de Ponce, 2325 Ave Las Americas, Ponce, 00717, Puerto RicoAbout
Museo de Arte de Ponce (MAP), is an art museum located on Las Americas Avenue (PR-133) in Ponce, Puerto Rico.[4][5][6][7] It is considered the finest art museum in Puerto Rico.[8] It houses a collection of European art,[5] as well as work by Puerto Rican artists. The largest art museum in the Caribbean,[9] it has also been called one of the best in the Americas.[10] The museum contains one of the most important pre-Raphaelite collections in the Western Hemisphere,[11] holding some 4,500 pieces of art[12][13] distributed among fourteen galleries.[14] It is the only museum in Puerto Rico accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.[13] It was founded by politician and philanthropist Luis A. Ferré, and its current building was officially inaugurated on December 28, 1965.
