Museo de Arte de Ponce

Museo de Arte de Ponce
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Map
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Established1959
Location2325 Avenida Las Américas, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Coordinates18°0′14″N 66°37′1″W / 18.00389°N 66.61694°W / 18.00389; -66.61694
TypeArt museum
AccreditationAmerican Alliance of Museums
Key holdings-Flaming June
-The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon
CollectionsBaroque
Pre-Raphaelite
Golden Age
Latin American art
Puerto Rican art
Collection size4,500 pieces (2010)[3]
Visitors90,000 (2010)[2]
DirectorDeborah L. Roldán
PresidentMaría Luisa Ferré Rangel[1]
CuratorIraida Rodríguez-Negrón
ArchitectEdward Durell Stone
OwnerPrivate:
Fundación Luis A. Ferré, Inc.
Public transit accessSITRAS,
"Linea Anaranjada" (Orange Line):
Buses E, F, G
(Museo stop)
Websitewww.museoarteponce.org

Museo de Arte de Ponce (MAP) is an art museum located on Avenida Las Américas in Ponce, Puerto Rico.[4][5][6][7] It houses a collection of European art,[5] as well as works by Puerto Rican artists. The museum contains one of the most important Pre-Raphaelite collections in the Western Hemisphere,[8] holding some 4,500 pieces of art[3][9] distributed among fourteen galleries.[10]

Museo de Arte de Ponce is the finest art museum in Puerto Rico.[11] The largest art museum in the Caribbean,[12] it has also been called one of the best in the Americas.[13][14][15] It was the first museum in Puerto Rico accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.[9][16]

It was founded in 1959 by industrialist and philanthropist Luis A. Ferré at a location in the Ponce Historic Zone. The museum moved to its current building location on Avenida Las Américas in 1965. In 2010, the museum increased its size significantly after a $30M expansion.

  1. ^ Museo de Arte de Ponce announces exhibition of masterpieces from the Prado Museum. Art Daily. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  2. ^ Museo de Arte de Ponce, Re-Apertura Grandiosa!! 17 October 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  3. ^ a b Archived at Wayback Machine on 15 July 2011 from its original at A punto de caramelo el Museo de Arte. Lissette González. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  4. ^ The Puerto Rico Channel. Discover Ponce's NeoClassical Buildings and Museums. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  5. ^ a b Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Tourism Company. Ven al Sur, page 20. San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2003.
  6. ^ Que Pasa!, Oct–Nov 2004, page 80. The Puerto Rican Tourism Company, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  7. ^ "Top Five Ponce Attractions". www.travelponce.com. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  8. ^ Welcome to Puerto Rico. Ponce. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
  9. ^ a b MAP 2007 Annual Report Archived 2007-08-21 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 10 June 2009.
  10. ^ Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Tourism Company. Puerto Rico FLy and Drive map.
  11. ^ "Offbeat Travel". www.offbeattravel.us. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Business Line: Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications. A Rich Port, Literally! 15 April 2002". Archived from the original on 9 August 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  13. ^ Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce en sus Dimensiones, page 2. Jorge Ariel Torres, editor, page 13.
  14. ^ Martinez, Marialba (30 October 2003). "Puerto Rico Grieves Over The Loss Of Its Premier Statesman Four Months Short Of His 100th Birthday". Puerto Rico Herald. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  15. ^ Glass, Robert (8 October 1989). "Puerto Rican's 50-Year Goal: Statehood". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  16. ^ "List of Accredited Museums: August 2013". The Museum Accreditation Program. American Alliance of Museums. Retrieved 23 February 2014.