Cuba featured in UNESCO Virtual Museum with emblematic work on its National History
Paris, 2 October 2025 – The work Study for the mural “La Reconcentración”, by the renowned Cuban painter Leopoldo Romañach, has been included in UNESCO's innovative Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Goods, a pioneering tool in the global fight against illicit trafficking of heritage. The Cuban piece is, so far, the only one from a small island developing state in Latin America and the Caribbean featured on this platform, highlighting the universal value of its historical and artistic testimony.
The inclusion of this work underscores Cuba's active and ongoing collaboration with UNESCO in the protection of cultural heritage. It also represents an exceptional opportunity to present to the world a jewel of Cuban visual arts that, unfortunately, was removed from the holdings of the National Museum of Cuba.




