Museo Historico Cubano

4.43 stars i adore this character of a place.
it’s a surefire remedy to the stripmallization of miami and coral gables. you can purchase unusual items here on occasion, although i suspect this is only if the owner likes you. silver art deco spoons and gew gaws such as coin purses from now defunct airlines, antique fire fighter helmets, mata hari lipstick cases and surreal snail shells wait to be admired. if the owner is willing to part with something, consider yourself privileged and be sure to partake in the time honored tradition of bargaining.

Funny how you stumble onto a place you’ve driven by for years and never thought of visiting.
Half a wall of old square milk bottles with as many labels to match. Rows of vintage leather firemen hats. A couple of marble-​clad casino wheels emerged from Havana’s hay day hotel glitz. Intricately carved small wooden boxes casually resting atop a rustic cigar-​making machine. Copper pots, copper pans, brass fumigation tanks, a Vernesque diving helmet, bottles, more bottles, pictures, gilded frames, counterfuls of pins, buttons etc, a flawless early 1900s typewriter — that Mr Lalotto fell in love with, but alas, gone when he went back. Reappeared in all its glory at Christmas, ah yes!
You need at least a few days to truly appreciate the marvels displayed here, there are so many items and the brain just simply cannot process so much in a short time. The owners are as diverse and interesting as the eclectic collections they’ve gathered over the years.
Note that they open late on weekdays (1:30pm), though Saturday hours are 10am-​7pm.
Odd thing is, we stopped at a garage sale one Saturday afternoon, spotting a one-​of-​a-​kind chair that turned out to be four-​of-​a-​kind, all equally beautiful. The rest were stashed away upstairs at the Museo Cubano. And that was the start of a new adventure into all things vintage Cuban and the countless stories they hold.

Museo Histoico Cubano (also called Coral Way Antiques) is a must visit.
Literally thousands of items to look at from Cuba’s history. Art of all kinds, magazines, military history, daily pieces of life, collectibles, and so much more.
Walking through the isle ways of this very unique shop is amazing, and the owner knows everything about each piece he has in the store — for the history buffs out there.
If you haven’t been, you must take part of a day to visit.