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The Puerto Rican Altar
Traditional Patron Saints of Puerto Rico
November 22, 2025 - February 8, 2026
San Francisco de Asis
Patron Saint of Aguada, PR
Oscar Cedeño Lugo
San Isidro Labrador
Patron Saint of Sabana Grande, PR
Joshua Nazario
Traditional 'Household Altars' of Puerto Rico known as 'nichos'. will be featured in the exhibition of patron saints.
Museo de los Santos y Arte Nacional (MUSAN) has invited carvers from throughout Puerto Rico to participate in a collective exhibition that celebrates the patron saints of Puerto Rico's seventy-eight cities, towns and villages patron saints.
“The Puerto Rican Altar” will open on Saturday, November 22, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. in Musan's main gallery at 1673 Ponce de León Avenue in the Santurce Arts District of San Juan.
This will be the first large-scale collaborative installation in Puerto Rico that brings together representative pieces from carvers across the island into a traditional household altar. Integrating Puerto Rican tradition and contemporary creativity, the exhibition will be open through February 8, 2026 with cultural activities taking place throughout the exhibition period.
Carvers have been given complete artistic freedom to create one of the official patron saints of Puerto Rico as long as they are between 5" and 12" tall.
Featured carvers include:
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Eric Saunders
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Xavier Colón
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José Millán
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Emanuel Nieves
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Evelyn Vázquez
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Pedro Pablo Rinaldi
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José Vargas
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Gerardo Santiago
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Antonio Papo Avilés
For information, please contact Marian Rodriguez at 787-717-1308 or marian@musan.org
MUSAN Admission
Suggested Donation: Adults: $6 / Students $3
MUSAN Hours
Saturdays & Sundays 11am-4pm
In 2026 we will close on:
- July 25-26 for Constitution Day (local holiday)
- November 28-29 for Thanksgiving weekend.
- Dec 26-27 for Christmas week.
In 2027 we will close on:
- January 2-3 for New Years
Open January 5th for 3 Kings Event
- March 27-28 for Holy Week.
- May 9 for Mother's Day.
- June 20 for Father's Day.
- July 3-4 for Independence Day.
- July 24-25 for Constitution Day (local holiday)
- November 27-28 for Thanksgiving weekend.
- Dec 25-26 for Christmas week.
Email for Private & Group Tours info@musan.org
Minimum charge to open the museum for a private tour is $185 (up to 10 guests) paid in advance. Once we agree on a date/time/guide - we will send you a link to pay using any credit card via PayPal to confirm.
MUSAN
1673 Avenue Ponce de Leon, San Juan, PR 00909
Near 787Coffee, Leonardos, Hotel San Jorge & BASE Co-working.
MUSAN Executive Offices
456 Calle Saldaña, San Juan, PR 00909
info@musan.org - En cualquier momento (anytime).
787-667-1673 -Durante el horario de atención. (During opening hours).
Parking:
Musan does not have a parking lot.
There is street parking on Ponce de Leon, look for space after Puerto Rico Memorial.
Parking lots nearby: Cobain's Plaza (enter on Calle Antonsanti), Calle Del Parque (behind the Arrivi Theater) or Ciudadela (two hours free if you buy something at Pueblo).
2026 Law 20 and Act 60 Donations:
MUSAN has been supported by the Law 20 and Act 60 community and has been a major part of our dream for a permanent museum, gallery and community center in Santurce. Please visit our Act 60 Donation page,
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Museo de los Santos Inc is a certified nonprofit organization under the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code Section 1101.01 & qualifies for Law 20/22 annual contributions, as well as under the United States Federal Internal Revenue Service IRS Code Section 501(c)(3).
Click here for .pdf version of 1101.01 certification from Hacienda de Puerto Rico
Click here for .pdf version of 1501(c)(3) certification from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Click here for donations for Puerto Rico Ley 22 and Act 60
Museo de los Santos is a participant in the Nuestro Barrio project sponsored by Sacred Heart University.
Nuestro Barrio es un proyecto de la Universidad del Sagrado Corazón operado con apoyo del National Endowment for the Arts y el Economic Development Administration.
MUSAN participates in Giving Tuesday. Donations for Ley 22 and Act 60 Contributions - Puerto Rico - Hacienda