Museum of Cartagena de Indias

Pretty interesting museum but fair warning if spanish is not your first language it may be difficult to follow along. There is a lot of interesting information and pieces. The place has beautiful balcony that over look the park and street. I really enjoyed it.

Interesting displays of a few subjects ( inquisition in the new world, Cartagena history, building history and restoration). Museum is mostly Spanish only displays for the placards are written well enough for people who can read Spanish as a second language or to use Google Translate for others. Displays are text heavy versus artefacts. Worth the stop and admission.

The museum isn't rich in artifacts or artwork. It's also only for Spanish speakers, with no English signs for foreigners! But it's still worth a visit. The building itself is also very beautiful.

My husband and I really enjoyed this museum. It was primarily Spanish only but we used the Google translate app and were able to easily follow along. Super interesting history of the Spanish Inquisition and general Cartagena history. Also the building itself is absolutely stunning.

This is a small museum the details the Inquisition and the history of Cartagena. As others have noted, its almost exclusively done in Spanish. I took my time and used Google translate (the photo option) to soak in the museum. Its chilling learn about the inquisition and how history is currently repeating itself on the ground floor. Upstairs I learned about the horrors of the slave trade and some history of the city. I spent maybe 2 hours and didnt get through it all, in the end the heat did me in and I needed more water. Note the museum is not air conditioned. It can be a little confusing the order you should follow, but it is a small museum so that helps. Definitely recommend for the history buff, or those that appreciate seeing today's current events with a historical perspective.

I’m not sure this is the best museum to visit for English speaking foreigners. All the displays are in the Spanish language and there isn’t any pamphlets with translations either. However, this isn’t going to change because, according to my tour guide, it is in the constitution that museum displays be in the national language - that being Spanish. Therefore, you probably won’t find any museums with English translations, unless there are exceptions. Ofcourse, you can use the Google translate app or chatgpt however, even with the translation, I didn’t feel you were given too much information? It wasn’t extremely detailed - there weren’t many personal stories etc. However, it is a gorgeous building and it is obviously interesting to be in the building where the inquisitions happened.

Very interesting but embarrassing that such an old museum (over 100 years open to the public) did not translate any of the exhibits into English. Everything is only in Spanish.

Visited on a Wednesday. I will say that online it says it opens at 9am and I went right at 9 and was told that it doesn’t open until 9:30am so just be watchful of that if you’re on a schedule or have an itinerary. Other than that, it was a lovely visit. Easy to buy tickets at the counter and the historical content was very interesting.