Project by Rebeca Vicens Sánchez

Flora Borinqueniana

Flora Borinqueniana: Three Centuries of Botanical Illustrations was a temporary exhibition that explored the development of botanical knowledge in Puerto Rico and its historical context from the end of the 18th century to the first three decades of the 20th century. It was the first time that an exhibition on the island presented the history of the local botany, with illustrations, manuscripts, herbarium specimens, documents, works of art and other pieces from diverse national and international collections. Some of those works and objects had been forgotten or recently rediscovered, and had never been exhibited together.

Flora Borinqueniana was presented in two venues: Museo de Arte del Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez, and Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras.

    • Location | Mayagüez / Río Piedras, PR

    • Owner | Para la Naturaleza

    • Budget | $293,400

    • Size | Mayagüez 3,878 SF / Río Piedras 5,386 SF

    • Completion | 2023

    • Design team

      • Rebeca Vicens

      • Martín Albarrán

      • Anayarí Fernández

      • José Luis López

    • Curatorial team

      • Eugenio Santiago Valentín, PhD

      • Soraya Serra Collazo, PhD

      • Marilyn Figueroa Rivera

    • Project director

      • Ivonne Sanabria

    • Exhibition design

    • Graphic design

    • Display cases and furniture design

Photos by Irmaris Santiago