Permanent and traveling exhibits focused on Cuba's history and the history of the Cuban-American community in Florida.
A collection of photographs and documents of Cuba's legendary patriot and poet, José Martí, curated by renowned historian Carlos Ripoll, Ph.D. The exhibit was donated to the San Carlos Institute by Florida International University. Its president, Dr. Modesto Maidique, personally presented the exhibit to the San Carlos during the Institute's reopening ceremonies in 1992.
This online exhibit, a joint project of the Smithsonian Institution and the San Carlos Institute, is based on the stamp collection of Roberto Pichs, a renowned Cuban philatelist. Co-curated by Paul Michael Taylor, Ph.D. and Rafael Peñalver, Esq., the exhibit explores various faces of Cuba's history through its postal stamps. Two segments of the exhibit have been completed:
An overview of Cuba's postal history from the pre-philatelic period to 1939. It includes folded letters (pre-philatelic covers), stamped envelopes, and historic postcards, which have never before been published. Text by Joseph Geraci, Philatelist (Emeritus) from the National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
An overview of the beginnings of commercial aviation history between the United States and Cuba. It includes many envelopes and stamps commemorative of events in Cuba's aviation history and presents the research of Ronald E.G. Davies, Aviation Historian, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
A portrait collection featuring all of Cuba's constitutional presidents from Tomás Estrada Palma (1902) to Carlos Prío Socarrás (1952). The portraits were painted by Cesar Beltrain in 1998 and donated to the San Carlos Institute.
Sponsored by American Express, this exhibit traces the history of the San Carlos Institute from 1871 to the present. It includes artifacts, photographs, and historical materials tracing the history of this important historical landmark and the Cuban-American community's perseverance in the effort to bring freedom and democracy to their homeland.
