Colección Roberto Polo

About the museum

The Colección Roberto Polo, Centro de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo de Castilla-La Mancha (CORPO), shows the collections gathered by the collector Roberto Polo in Toledo and Cuenca. The Toledo venue occupies the former Convent of Santa Fe, on the Paseo del Miradero, a strategic site at the gates of the citadel that has been coveted since prehistoric times.

On this site, a palace from the time of Abd al-Rahman III was built in the 9th and 10th centuries and extended in the 11th century by the Taifa king al-Ma’mun. It later became a residence of Castilian monarchs — Alfonso X the Wise was born here — then passed to the Order of Calatrava and, in the second half of the 15th century, to the Conceptionist Order, founded by Saint Beatriz de Silva. From 1503 it was occupied by the Commendatresses of Santiago, who built the present convent around a cloister. After the disentailment of church property, it was taken over by the Ursulines of the Sagrada Familia de Loreto, who turned it into a school until its closure in 1973. After a long period of abandonment, the Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural de España restored it in 2003.

The permanent collection brings together works by 171 artists: historical avant-garde movements from northern, central and eastern Europe — the so-called “peripheral avant-gardes” — with names such as Kandinsky, Schlemmer, Schwitters, Moholy-Nagy or Max Ernst, alongside a selection of European and American contemporary creators since the Second World War. CORPO is part of the Sotheby’s Preferred Museums network.

Highlights

• Works by Kandinsky, Schlemmer, Schwitters, Moholy-Nagy and Max Ernst
• Peripheral avant-gardes of northern, central and eastern Europe
• Permanent room dedicated to the Toledo sculptor Alberto Sánchez
• Sculpture garden with works by Oteiza, Miquel Navarro and Kcho
• Former Convent of Santa Fe, with polychrome alfarje ceiling and room of polylobed arches

Permanent exhibitions

• Colección permanente de la sede de Toledo – Works by 171 artists: historical avant-garde movements from northern, central and eastern Europe and contemporary creation from Europe and the United States since the post-war period.
• Alberto Sánchez. Un camino que conduce a una estrella – Permanent room with 22 works by the Toledo sculptor Alberto Sánchez, kept by the Museo de Santa Cruz.
• Jardín de esculturas – Open-air space opened in April 2022 with works by Oteiza, Miquel Navarro, Kcho, Dagoberto Rodríguez, Alberto Corazón, Arturo Berned and Francisco Sobrino, and a photographic mural by J. M. Ballester.

Operated by

Fundación Colección Roberto Polo

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

The website lists general admission at €0. Reduced rates are also listed at €0: pre-booked groups of more than 10 people, large families, Carné Joven youth card holders, pensioners, unemployed people, people with disabilities, under-16s, over-65s, teachers, journalists and guides.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

Art workshops for children are announced, along with downloadable educational guides for primary school, ESO and Bachillerato.

Getting there & parking

The venue is on the Paseo del Miradero, in the historic centre of Toledo, next to the Museo de Santa Cruz.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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