Museo Rafael Urdaneta focuses on one of Maracaibo's major historical figures: the independence-era general Rafael Urdaneta. It is a modest museum, but it gives local shape to the wider story of Venezuela's break from Spain.
Come for context rather than spectacle. The museum pairs naturally with the old central sights around Maracaibo, especially if you want to understand why Urdaneta's name appears so often in the city and across the state of Zulia.