Archeological Museum
Fine Arts Museum
Pablo Ruiz Picasso Foundation
Diocesan Museum
Mesón de la Victoria Museum
Archeological Museum
Alcazaba
In the upper part of the Alcazaba is the Museum of Archeology,
containing a valuable collection ranging from the Prehistoric to the Muslim
period. The Prehistoric collection includes a great number of Paleolithic,
Neolithic, Iron and Bronze-age exhibits, most of which come from the Pileta
and Victoria caves.
Most remarkable are the Roman sculptures and mosaics and the Arabs' gilded
ceramics. If you walk through the gardens of the old palace-fortress
you will see grave stones scattered around and what are left of
old sarcophagi.
Provincial Museum of Fine Arts
San Agustín, 6
Tel.: 95 221 83 82
The Fine Arts Museum is found in the old
palace of the Bellavista counts, an impressive building with a simple
Renaissance façade through which you enter a serene cloistered patio.
On the ground floor the museum keeps its collections of paintings, sculpture,
furniture and ceramics from across the centuries - Gothic, Renaissance,
Baroque (including works by Alonso Cano, Ribera and Pedro Mena) and
Romantic (e.g. Benlliure and Gutiérrez Vega).
The upper floor is dedicated to contemporary art, mainly Malagan artists.
You will see paintings by Belgrano, Degrain, Carbonero, Sorolla, Madrazo and
Moreno Villa. There is also a room of exclusively Picassan works, bringing
together those of his adolescence with those of later periods.
Pablo Ruiz Picasso Foundation
Plaza de la Merced, 15
In 1988, after conscientious restoration and adaptation, the
Pablo Ruiz Picasso Foundation was set up in the artist's
birthplace. The foundation pays homage to the painter and has become
an invaluable asset in Andalusia's cultural field.
It boasts a substantial video library of over 270 films treating topics
such as museums, conferences and the artist's exhibitions, a wide
sound archive and a library of over 1200 volumes dedicated mainly to
20th century art. There is also an archive of 2500 photos and 10000 slides
on Pablo Picasso and the art of this century and, amongst other things,
a valuable collection of materials donated by Picasso to Malaga city in the
mid-sixties.
Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art
Plaza Obispo, s/n
Episcopal Palace
The main rooms of the Episcopal Palace (next to the cathedral) currently
house the Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art, almost exclusively dedicated
to painting and sculpture, although also containing an interesting collection
of gold and silver liturgical exhibits.
Over 100 works are on exhibit there. Amongst them are several by
Valdés Leal, Jacinto Espinosa, and Niño de Guevara, some
sketchings by an adolescent Picasso and replicas of works by Tizziano
and Correggio.
| DAYS |
HOURS |
| Monday-Sunday |
10:00 - 13:30
16:00 - 19:00 |
Mesón de la Victoria Museum
Pasillo de Santa Isabel, 10
Tel.: 95 221 71 37
The Museum of Popular Arts is situated in the pasillo de
Santa Isabel which runs alongside the Guadalmedina river. It shows
the customs and traditions of 18th and 19th century Malaga. The building,
constructed in the 17th century, used to be an inn, the Mesón de
la Victoria, whose owners prided themselves on maintaining the best
guest house of the era. The house has two floors and inside a central
patio containing a spring and well. Next to the patio even the old stable
is preserved, where carriages of the era are still kept today.
On the ground floor aspects of the everyday life of the time are displayed:
the bakehouse, with the oven for making bread and a whole collection
of utensils to knead it; a press for the grapes and a cellar containing
a display of many Malagan wines.
Of the rooms of the upper floor the
bedroom is the most remarkable, with typical furniture of the era and fine,
embroidered linen and drapery. Other rooms contain a range of significant collections
from Malagan glazed ceramics to agricultural equipment, earthenware
and clothing of the era. One room recreates the study of Narciso Díaz
Escobar, a Malagan writer and important chronicler of the city. The
adjoining room contains his personal archive.
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DAYS |
HOURS |
| Summer | Monday-Saturday | 10:00 - 13:30
17:00 - 20:00 |
| Sunday | 10:00 - 13:00 |
| Winter | Monday-Saturday | 10:00 - 13:30
14:00 - 19:00 |
| Sunday | 10:00 - 13:00 |
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