Historical Military Museum of the Canary Islands — Attraction in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

It's a very little known attraction in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and it should be more visible for the visitors. The museum itself is neither big nor very modern, but the exhibits are diverse and outstanding. There is a collection of rare blades (machetes, kukris, parangs, krisses, other native weaponry etc) and firearms rarely seen in mainland Europe. Also, artillery pieces, Spanish insignia and uniforms at the ground level. Also, exhibits illustrating the strong Spanish naval tradition. At the first floor, there are informations about the history of the Canaries (the Spanish point of view of course) including their celebrated victory over UK's H. Nelson. Outside, there are various military vehicles, including a light tank and 2 helicopters. The staff is helpful and non intrusive and the is a cafeteria with great local dishes and a lovely view of the harbour. Btw, the access and...

A superb museum, with lots of interesting items captured from the 33 strong fleet of British ships with which Horatio Nelson and Admiral Blake tried to capture the main port of Tenerife, Santa Cruz. This was the action in which Nelson had an arm blown off and, incredibly, there is a letter from Nelson dated 1790 on display -- still legible and thanking his Canarian opponent for his courtesy along with a present of a barrel of beer and some cheese. "El tigre" (the tiger) cannon from which legend has it the ball which tore off Nelson's arm was fired has now been moved from the museum to the main plaza of Santa Cruz. The museum also has a diorama of the battle with a commentary in English and a free leaflet in English as well. There is also a nice cafeteria overlooking Santa Cruz harbour. It is very easy to get to the museum on local buses running from the main interchange...

Recomiendo este museo por su historia y por su exposiciones muy interesantes.Los empleados te van a responder si tienes una pregunta sobre uno o otro. I really liked visiting the Military History Museum of the Canaries.I visited it on the 28th of December 2019,when they had a celebration called "Dia de los santos Inocentes",which means that the whole place was filled with kids. On the downside though,was the fact that most of the explanations were written solely in spanish and that some interactive exhibits were out of order. But,the fact that the entrance is FREE,compensated for all of those disadvantages during my visit. What I also liked when I visited it was that they had some men dressed as the XVIII-XIX centuries rifle men,and even performed some demonstrations for the public,shooting their muskets. ME HA...