This is the old fort on a piece of elevated ground in Isabel Segunda. It was the last fort constructed during the Spanish Empire and over time also served as a jail before falling into disrepair. In 1991 it's careful restoration by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture was completed and it now serves as the island's main museum, housing the Vieques Museum of Art and History and the Vieques Historic Archives. Exhibition rooms professionally showcase the island's people, history and architecture. It's historian, Robert Rabin, is a local institution and has an extensive knowledge of Vieques history.
Admission is free but donations are encouraged.
Esperanza Visitors and residents alike congregate in Esperanza, a fishing village with a scattering of inns, restaurants and shops along a crystal clear beachfront. The atmosphere is not unlike a much smaller and quieter Bali intermixed with a traditional local atmosphere. A small museum, the Conservation Trust Museum is located in an old sugar mill. It documents the islands indigenous and natural history, and includes exhibitions on wildlife rehabilitation and other topics. This lies on Route 201, just outside Esperanza.