The Museo de Arte de Ponce houses the most important collection of European art in Latin America.[1][34] The Financial Times of London states that the museum holds "one of the most distinguished private collections in the Western Hemisphere outside the United States."[3] It has an important collection of almost 4,000 pieces of art that range from the 14th to the 20th century, Italian Baroque, British Pre-Raphaelite,[35] Spanish Golden Age and contemporary Latin-American art.