Puerto Rico offers a wide variety of museums and exhibitions, ideal for learning something new, clearing your mind, or finding ideas for your next big project.
Here is a roundup of some of the most notable exhibitions at museums around the Island, along with events and workshops you could take part in. We start with free museums and workshops, then move on to paid options.
And if you want to discover more museums, we have a list of recommendations to help you.
🎨 Free exhibitions
Admission: Free
Hours: Wednesday through Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
🖼️ El cántico del sol y las maravillas de Joan Miró
Date: From April 16, 2026 (no end date given)
The show, to be displayed in the Sala Oller, presents a selection of 52 works by Catalan artist Joan Miró, one of the most influential of the 20th century. It includes prints and lithographs from the series El cántico del sol and Las maravillas, with acrostic variations in the garden of Miró, both created in 1975.
🖼️ Una voz en la montaña and Custodios de la Ciudad: Santos, Mártires y Vírgenes
Date: From Dec. 11, 2025, through Dec. 11, 2026
The Sala Campeche at the Museo de San Juan holds two exhibitions that highlight the musical, artistic and historical richness of the Island. Una voz en la Montaña shows the different traditional string instruments that come from the center of Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, Custodios de la Ciudad: Santos, Mártires y Vírgenes offers a look at the religious figures that shape the spirituality and cultural heritage of our society.
🖼️ Permanent exhibitions at the Museo de San Juan
Los Plateros de la Ciudad de San Juan: Siglo XVI al Siglo XIX: A selection of 40 works of religious art from the treasury of the Catedral Metropolitana, some made by silversmiths who lived in San Juan.
José Campeche y Luis Paret: Dos Pintores en el San Juan de Puerto Rico de Siglo XVIII: Dedicated to the leading painters of the last third of 18th-century Puerto Rico: the San Juan-born José Campeche y Jordán (1751-1809) and the Madrid-born Luis Paret y Alcázar (1746-1799), who was exiled in San Juan.
Sabios Peregrinos: Estampas y Grabados Antiguos de los Reyes Magos: Brings together a series of prints and engravings on the biblical theme of the Epiphany (the manifestation), drawn from the New Testament source, produced between the 16th and 20th centuries.
🎨 August events at the Museo de San Juan
- Aug8
Estación Creativa
Museo de San Juan · San Juan1:00 PMEntrada libre - Aug8
Introduction to Abstract Painting Workshop for Children
Museo de San Juan · San Juan10:00 AMEntrada libre - Aug8
Beginner Knitting Workshop
Museo de San Juan · San Juan10:00 AMEntrada libre - Aug8
Documentary: Impresiones de Resistencia
Museo de San Juan · San Juan5:00 PMEntrada libre - Aug15
I-Cord, French Knitting, or Tricotín Workshop
Museo de San Juan · San Juan10:00 AMEntrada libre - Aug15
Taller Pintando con Café
Museo de San Juan · San Juan10:00 AMEntrada libre - Aug15
Taller Estudio de la Pintura Clásica
Museo de San Juan · San Juan1:30 PMEntrada libre - Aug22
Taller Bordado sobre Papel
Museo de San Juan · San Juan10:00 AMEntrada libre - Aug22
Taller de Medios Acuosos de Paisajes Marítimos
Museo de San Juan · San Juan1:30 PMEntrada libre - Aug22
Color Theory: Exploring the Monochromatic Palette
Museo de San Juan · San Juan1:30 PMEntrada libre - Aug28
Carmelo Fontánez, Nunca Me Fui: Memorias de un Artista Caribeño
Museo de San Juan · San Juan6:00 PMEntrada libre - Aug29
Color Theory Workshop for Kids
Museo de San Juan · San Juan10:00 AMEntrada libre - Aug8
Children's Ceramics Workshop
San Juan10:00 AM$60+ - Aug29
Workshop: Learn to Make Borlas or Tassels
Museo de San Juan · San Juan1:30 PMEntrada libre - Aug29
Colectivo de Artistas Ciegos
Museo de San Juan · San Juan1:30 PMEntrada libre - Aug30
Club de Dibujantes de Museo
Museo de San Juan · San Juan11:00 AMEntrada libre - Aug30
Encuentro de Tejedores y Anudadores
Museo de San Juan · San Juan1:30 PMEntrada libre - Aug14
Spanish Film Showcase: Los Santos Inocentes
Museo de San Juan · San Juan6:00 PMEntrada libre
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Admission: Free
Hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
🖼️ Isabel Bernal: PRESENTE
Date: From Oct. 24, 2025, through Aug. 2, 2026
(Last days!) Isabel Bernal: PRESENTE is a look at the 70-year artistic career of painter and silkscreen artist Isabel Bernal, from Pepino. This is the nonagenarian artist's first exhibition at a museum in Puerto Rico.
🎨 August events at the MAB
Art workshops: Every Saturday, the Museo de Arte de Bayamón offers free classes for children and adults in different artistic media. Visit their social media on Instagram and Facebook to see the monthly schedule. For reservations, call 787-903-8428 or 787-269-4433.
Aug. 8: Texture Landscape Workshop | 2 p.m. | Ages: 8+
Aug. 14: Viernes de Oro: Mandalas en Sombrillas | 2 p.m. | Ages: 55+
Aug. 15: Linocut Printmaking Workshop | 2 p.m. | Ages: 12+
Aug. 22: Workshop: Design a Tote Bag | 2 p.m. | Ages: 10+
Aug. 29: Workshop: Memories in Mugs | 2 p.m. | Ages: 15+ (10 spots only)
🧏 Workshops and guided tours for the deaf community: The Museo de Bayamón invites members of the deaf community to reserve free, accessible and inclusive workshops and guided tours of the museum.
Admission: Free
Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Tuesday closes at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
🖼️ Ecos del Tiempo: Pinturas de la colección
A show of more than 50 works offering a deeper look at Puerto Rico's visual history. The exhibition works as a visual archive in which the past is activated in the present. The paintings function simultaneously as witnesses to their time and as mirrors open to new readings from a contemporary perspective.
🎨 August events at the Museo de la UPRRP
Want to be a student volunteer at the museum? If you have a passion for history, the visual arts and culture, you can apply to take part in the Student Volunteer Program from August through December 2026. Find out what you need to participate:
Admission: Free
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
🖼️ Exhibition: HUMANUS
A group exhibition that explores the human body through its fragmentation, expression and movement.
🎨 August events at the MAFO
Throughout the month, various workshops and activities are held free of charge:
🎟️ Pay museum admission only
Admission: $8 general | $6 residents with ID | $3 students and youth ages 5 to 17
Hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
🖼️ Exhibition: MAC EN EL BARRIO Educational Program: art, community and social transformation
Date: Aug. 3 through Sept. 2, 2026, at the Galería Comunitaria Bárbara Díaz Tapia, MAC
The exhibition brings together the educational experiences developed over the past year through MAC en el Barrio, a cultural equity program of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico.
🖼️ Trópico Agridulce
Date: Nov. 14, 2025, through Aug. 9, 2026
(Last days!) Explore how food and agriculture are represented in contemporary Puerto Rican and Caribbean art, with a focus on the connection between what we eat and our culture.
🎨 August events at the MAC
Aug. 4: The MAC joins Martes de Galería with free admission and special programming | 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Aug. 7: Book club: La guaracha del Macho Camacho | 6 p.m. | Suggested donation of regular admission
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Admission: $17 general | $12 residents with ID | $5 children 5+, students and seniors 65+
Free: Thursdays 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Hours: Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
🖼️ El lugar de la morada
Date: From May 1
With this exhibition, Edra Soto, who has been based in Chicago for three decades, invites visitors to look closely at what often goes unnoticed: the everyday architecture of the working class as a living archive of memory, identity and resilience. Its forms, ornaments and gestures reveal stories that have been left out of official accounts.
🖼️ Laberinto: Conciencia espiritual
Date: From March 19, 2026
This solo exhibition by Diógenes Ballester, from Ponce, brings together a set of installations and woodcuts representative of the artist's long career. The show invites visitors on an immersive journey where art, spirituality and the decolonial philosophy of Arteología converge.
🎨 August events and workshops at the MAPR
Check the MAPR calendar for all activities available this month, from guided tours to workshops.
Serie Conciertos Al Fresco: One Thursday a month | Aug. 13 | Mahya Veray | '70s, '80s and '90s dance night
Workshops: Each month, the MAPR offers a variety of art workshops for children, youth and adults. Find out what's coming up and get more information or register at: 787-977-6277 ext. 2226 or by writing to talleres@mapr.org.
Jueves de Museo en Movimiento: A series of activities to get you moving through the museum every Thursday
Admission: $5 children, teachers, students, seniors | $8 adults
Hours: Wednesday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
🖼️ PRestrospectiva: 20 años de Jorge "Rito" Cordero
Date: March 26, 2026, through Nov. 1, 2026
This exhibition brings together more than two decades of Jorge "Rito" Cordero's artistic output through sculptures and installations that incorporate skateboard fragments, ancestral memory and popular culture.
🖼️ Other exhibitions at the Museo de las Américas:
🖌️ El Indígena de Las Américas: an overview of various aspects of Taíno culture in Puerto Rico and of 22 American ethnic groups.
🖌️ Las Artes Populares en Las Américas: a collection of different expressions of traditional arts from North, Central and South America and the Caribbean.
🖌️ Santos de Palo de Puerto Rico: shares the devotional and iconographic richness of Puerto Rico's popular religious imagery tradition.
🖌️ La Herencia Africana: this exhibition presents the cultural development of the African continent and aims to help people better understand their African heritage.
🖌️ Conquista y Colonización: nacimiento y evolución de la nación puertorriqueña: six exhibition halls covering various topics, including the arrival of the Spanish on the Island and their encounter with Taíno society, among others.
Admission: $6 adults, $3 students and children over 3, children under 3 free
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Tours: By reservation for groups of 5+ people. Tuesday through Friday, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
🖼️ TODOS A TODO DOS
Date: April 11 through Oct. 3, 2026
This exhibition revisits the inaugural spirit of MADMi in 2018 and brings together the work of 27 Puerto Rican designers to show how design runs through everyday life, from the objects we use to the systems that organize our cities and communities.
It includes a tribute to Andrés Salas in Sala II of the museum, with pieces that highlight his decades-long legacy in design in Puerto Rico and beyond.
🖼️ Modernismo (permanent collection)
The exhibition explores the philosophies of modernism (c. 1860–1960) and its conviction that utilitarian objects should be practical, functional and beautiful, including a prairie-style window, modern toasters, Duncan del Toro's furniture drawings intended for production using native raw materials, the ARKLU armchair and drawings of luxury garments for Casa Cartier.
🎨 August events at MADMi
From yoga and watercolors to children's story time, here is what's happening at MADMi this month.
Martes de Galería: Aug. 4 (extended hours for the event)
Activity calendar:
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Admission: $10 general public | $8 children ages 4–15 and adults 65+
Hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
🖼️ Tierra Dinámica
Date: From March 11, 2026
This exhibition explores the geological processes and materials that emerged from the evolution of the Puerto Rican archipelago over millions of years.
🖼️ Flora de Borinquen
Date: From March 11, 2026
This exhibition explores three centuries of Puerto Rico's botanical world, in partnership with the organization Para la Naturaleza.
🎨 August events at the Museo de Historia Natural:
The museum is holding a series of talks on Puerto Rico's flora and fauna.
Aug. 8: Lecture: Las orquídeas en Puerto Rico y las zonas ecológicas en las que habitan | 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Admission: $6 general public | $3 children under 12, students, teachers and seniors 60+ | Temporary exhibitions may carry an additional charge
Hours: 🚨 CLOSED until further notice for renovations.
🎨 August events at the MAP
In late April 2026, renovations at the Museo de Arte de Ponce officially began with a $30 million investment.
While the museum prepares to reopen, it continues to hold various activities, workshops and tours at other venues, including:
"Sábados en el Museo" from Plaza del Caribe. The next one will be Aug. 29
Mundillo workshops: The MAP is promoting this series of workshops on Saturdays
Admission: $10 adults | $6 children 14 and under | $5 adults 60 to 74 | $0 adults 75+ | Activities such as Mini Zoo, Go Karts, boats, train, and others are charged separately
Hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
🖼️ Exhibits and activities available:
Physics and energy
Music and art
Transportation and construction
Ecosystems and water elements
Mini Ciudad
Airplane, Go Karts, play area
Mino Zoo, pony rides and paddle boats
Safari Trip
Cine Aventura 5D
This content was translated with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
