Working under a research visa issued by the U.S. government I spent 10 weeks in Cuba photographing in museums during the summer of 2005. I traversed the island, visiting eight provinces and over 30 museums. I documented an immense amount of subject matter resulting in a very unique perspective of a country that is narrowly understood by Americans. My work is a raw, un-romanticized look at the important artifacts placed on display by the Cubans themselves. The reticent items used to inform, compare and explain do so because they represent significant yet verbally difficult concepts of history, culture and science in Cuba. These concepts however, are heavily regulated by the government and make the museum narratives and my images a complex stratum of information that examines what dictates the Cuban way of thinking.