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Sometimes we have no idea how much things evolve over time. That's why I always like to know the origins and beginnings of everything. The development of technology makes everything move very fast nowadays, so I like to look back in time to realise how far we have come to where we are today. This is one of the reasons why I love visiting museums and learning about history and the origin of things.
I am going to tell you about ‘El Garaje’, an automobile museum located in Old Havana, on San Ignacio Street. This museum exhibits several cars that make us think that we are travelling back in time to the early years of the 20th century.
The exhibits of the vehicles in the museum are quite old, with several models dating back to 1914, although the history of automobiles in Cuba begins a little earlier, at the end of 1898, when a Le Parisienne automobile was first driven on the streets of Havana. All this history is told in one of the informative posters of the museum next to the one that was the first car in my country.
The vehicles here are of different makes, many of which we can compare to see what they were like in their early days and how they have been transformed and improved over the years. The development of this industry is impressive. There are brands such as Ford, Pontiac, Cadillac, Alfa Romeo, Rolls Royce, among others.
Some of these cars belonged to different personalities of Cuban history and culture. As a curiosity we can see the popemobile used by Pope Francis during his visit to several of the main cities of Cuba, and a Masserati race car, similar to the one driven by Fangio in 1957 in the Grand Prix held in Havana, with which he won first place.
To finish the tour, on the first floor of the museum there is a collection of motorbikes of different makes and models.
In the 1950's Cuba was one of the countries with the most cars on the streets. Many of them can still be seen today, as they have been passed down from one generation to the next. Nowadays in the island it is very common to see these old cars, not in vain they say that Cuba is considered a museum on wheels.
All the cars in this place are very well cared for and are kept in great condition. This museum is a real discovery in Old Havana that no one should miss.
I hope you have enjoyed this tour around El Garaje (The Garage) of Havana.
Versión en Español
A veces no tenemos idea de cuánto evolucionan las cosas con el tiempo. Por eso siempre me gusta conocer el origen y los inicios de todo. El desarrollo de la tecnología hace que todo avance muy rápido actualmente, por eso me gusta mirar hacia atrás en el tiempo para darme cuenta de cuánto hemos avanzado hasta el punto en el que estamos hoy. Está es una de las razones por la que me gusta tanto visitar museos y aprender sobre la historia y el origen de las cosas.
Les voy a contar sobre “El Garaje”, un museo automovilístico que se encuentra en La Habana Vieja, en la calle San Ignacio. En este museo se exhiben varios automóviles que nos hacen pensar que estamos viajando en el pasado a los primeros años del siglo XX.
Las muestras de los vehículos del museo son bastante antiguas, con varios modelos del año 1914, aunque la historia automovilística en Cuba comienza un poco antes, terminando el año 1898, cuando circuló por primera vez un automóvil marca Le Parisienne por las calles habaneras. Toda esta historia se cuenta en uno de los carteles informativos del museo junto al que fue el primer auto en mi país.
Los vehículos aquí son de diferentes marcas, muchas de las cuales podemos comparar para ver cómo eran en sus inicios y cómo han ido transformándose y mejorando con el paso de los años. Es impresionante el desarrollo que ha tenido esta industria. Hay marcas como Ford, Pontiac, Cadillac, Alfa Romeo, Rolls Royce, entre otras bastante reconocidas.
Algunos de estos autos pertenecieron a diferentes personalidades de la historia y la cultura cubanas. Cómo curiosidad podemos ver los papamóviles que utilizó el papa Francisco durante su visita a varias de las principales ciudades de Cuba, y un auto de carrera de la marca Masserati, igual al que piloteó Fangio en el año 1957 en el Grand Prix que se celebró en La Habana, con el que ganó el primer lugar.
Para terminar el recorrido, en la segunda planta del museo hay una colección de motocicletas de diferentes marcas y modelos.
En los años del 1950 Cuba era uno de los pises que más autos tenia circulando por sus avenidas. Muchos de ellos aún se pueden ver en la actualidad, ya que han ido pasando de una generación a otra. Actualmente en la isla es muy común ver estos autos antiguos, no en vano dicen que Cuba se considera un museo sobre ruedas.
Todos los autos de este lugar se encuentran muy bien cuidados y se mantienen en gran estado. Este museo es todo un descubrimiento en La Habana Vieja que nadie debería dejar de visitar.
Me despido y espero que hayan disfrutado de este recorrido por El Garaje de La Habana.
Un Saludo, ¡hasta la próxima!
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Hermoso museo, sin contar los que ruedan aún por las calles
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Los de las calles son una maravilla.
Así mismo!
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When I had the opportunity to go to Cuba, I had planned to go to that museum, the truth is that I was very excited but due to a matter of time in the end I could not, and now that I see it in this post I would like to be able to go sometime. Greetings !
That's simple, you come back to Cuba, and visit the museum that you have yet to see 😄