Museo de la Masacre de Ponce

Casa de la Masacre
Today the Ponce massacre building is a museum that honors the victims of the massacre and commemorates the infamous event
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Location of Ponce and the Casa de la Masacre in Puerto Rico
LocationSE corner of Marina and Aurora Streets (32 Marina St.), Ponce, Puerto Rico
Coordinates18°00′34″N 66°36′49″W / 18.009318°N 66.613537°W / 18.009318; -66.613537
Arealess than one acre
Built1910
ArchitectBlas Silva
Architectural stylePonce Creole
NRHP reference No.05001098
Added to NRHPOctober 20, 2005

The Museo de la Masacre de Ponce (the Ponce Massacre Museum) is a human rights museum and historic building in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It depicts the history and events surrounding the Ponce massacre, which occurred in broad daylight on Palm Sunday in 1937. The museum is housed inside the building where the event itself occurred, with one of its sections devoted to the Nationalist leader, Pedro Albizu Campos.[1][2] It also documents the blacklisting of Puerto Rican Nationalists performed by the United States, as well as hosting a considerable number of photos from the Nationalist era.[3]

The museum is listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in as Casa de la Masacre (the Massacre House).[4]

  1. ^ Comienza la reparación del Museo de la Masacre en Ponce: Los trabajos son supervisados por el Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (ICP). ParaLaNaturaleza.org Published in 2020. Accessed 12 October 2020.
  2. ^ Comienza la reparación del Museo de la Masacre en Ponce: Los trabajos son supervisados por el Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (ICP). El Nuevo Dia. Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. 21 January 2020. Accessed 12 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Ponce Massacre Museum". Travel Ponce.com.
  4. ^ Llanes Santos, Juan; Pagán, Jacqueline (June 2005), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Casa de la Masacre (PDF), retrieved 8 March 2016.