The Museo de San Juan de Dios is housed in what was once a hospital administered by Father José Olallo, the friar who became Cuba’s first saint. It has a front cloister dating from 1728 and a unique triangular rear patio with Moorish touches, built in 1840. Since ceasing to function as a hospital in 1902, the building has served as a teachers college, a refuge during the 1932 cyclone, and the Centro Provincial de Patrimonio directing the restoration of Camagüey’s monuments. The museum chronicles Camagüey’s history and exhibits some local paintings.
