Spiral staircase
In the lobby.
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Puerto Rico's leading art museum and the largest in the Caribbean, founded by the industrialist Luis Ferré in 1959. It holds some 4,500 works in fourteen galleries, from European art across the centuries to Puerto Rican and Latin American artists, and was the first museum on the island accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. The building itself is a modern landmark designed by the American architect Edward Durell Stone, with hexagonal galleries lit by skylights and a white double spiral staircase in its lobby, one of its loveliest corners. In front, a garden holds a large colourful sculpture. Its collection is best known for European Renaissance and Baroque art and one of the Americas' most important collections of British Pre-Raphaelite painting, alongside Puerto Rican works portraying the island's life and history. The museum is calm and air-conditioned, good for the hot midday hours, with a shop and café. The sun is strong all year, so carry water, a hat and sunscreen.
In the lobby.
Skylit.
Island life.
Avenida Las Américas, Ponce
Its European and British Pre-Raphaelite collections and its modern building with hexagonal galleries and spiral staircase.
