Museo de Málaga

Málaga, Spain

The Museo de Málaga, which was actually constituted in 1973, opened in 2016 in the impressive Palacio de la Aduana. It has brought together the former Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes (Provincial Museum of Fine Arts) and Museo Arqueológico Provincial.Málaga now joins Almería, Cádiz, Huelva and Jaén in having a 'provincial museum' in their respective capital cities; while Seville, Córdoba and Granada have separate fine arts and archaeological museums.  

The 18,000 square metre museum has eight rooms, the first five dedicated to archaeology and the other three to fine arts. There are just over 2,000 pieces in the fine arts collection and more than 15,000 in the archaeology collection.

The Fine Arts section includes works by Luis de Morales, Luca Giordano, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Antonio del Castillo, Alonso Cano, Pedro de Mena, Jusepe de Ribera, Francisco Zurbarán, Diego Velázquez, Francisco de Goya, Federico de Madrazo, Ramón Casas, José Moreno Carbonero, Enrique Simonet, Joaquín Sorolla, Léon Bonnat, Franz Marc and Pablo Picasso.

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Founded: 1973
Category: Museums in Spain

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Sam K (4 months ago)
Very nice museum that close late and we lucky to catch some of Picasso exhibits. only 1.50 EUR for non EU residents. Locker is free with 1 EUR deposits
Maria Viskaduraki (4 months ago)
Free entry for European citizens to this beautiful museum. Art in the first floor and archeology in the second with plenty to see. You can leave your bags in the lockers at the entrance and enjoy.
Tanja T. Kolar (4 months ago)
If you want to know all there is about Málaga's history all the way from it's beginnings when it was founded about 770 BC by the Phoenicians from Tyre (they named the city Malaka) all the way through the 6th century BC when it was under hegemony of Ancient Carthage, then to 218 BC when it was under Roman rule, economically prospering owing to garum production and to the 8th century, (after a period of Visigothic and Byzantine rule) when it was placed under Islamic rule and then in 1487 when the Crown of Castile gained control in the midst of the Granada War and then to the 19th century, when the city underwent a period of industrialisation to the new era, you will come to the right place to gain knowledge about all this history. Located in historic building itself, museum offers a detailed introspection into the city's history and you are a time traveler once there. Tickets are free for EU citizens and once a day museum offers guided tours. I highly recommend you to visit this museum.
Malwa Kieron (4 months ago)
Really amazing muzeum in a beautiful building. Stunning. Plenty to see, learn and enjoy. I found even my favourite painting and discovered new artist. Totally recommended. And if you from EU is for free?there are lifts, toilets and some Picasso arts as well. Well done Málaga Muzeum ??
L A (5 months ago)
Absolutely loved this museum - a hybrid between an archeology museum & an art gallery, housed in a beautiful palazzo. Great cross section of ancient Roman finds, with some unique pieces, including gold plated letters and punctuation marks that graced those dedications cut into marble that we are so used to. Beautiful pool mosaic floor of Birth of Venus in one of the rooms. Phoenicians section is one of the most comprehensive I have seen outside capital city museums. Don't miss section off the ground floor courtyard with draws you can open with even more treasures.
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