DA2 Domus Artium 2002
Municipal contemporary art centre in Salamanca, with free admission, temporary exhibitions and a collection of more than seven hundred works.
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About the museum
DA2 Domus Artium 2002 opened in April 2002 to mark Salamanca's designation as European Capital of Culture. It is a contemporary art centre owned by Salamanca City Council and managed by the Fundación Salamanca Ciudad de Cultura y Saberes. It was created to meet the need for a specialised, active space for contemporary art that is open to the public, in a city that wanted to combine its historic heritage with a current programme.
Its exhibition programme is temporary and focuses on the latest trends in national and international art, especially work made since the 1990s. The centre also supports local artists and the artistic community of Castilla y León through a call for grants for contemporary creation.
The DA2 collection was formed from around three hundred works selected from the most outstanding of the annual programmes since 2002. In 2023 it grew considerably with the donation of the Colección de la Fundación Coca-Cola, which brings together more than four hundred works of Spanish and Portuguese contemporary art. Today the holdings exceed seven hundred works by leading national and international artists, and are shown in thematic exhibitions with guest curators.
The centre also organises free guided tours, visits to its storerooms and educational projects in collaboration with other institutions in the city.
Highlights
- Free admission to the centre
- Collection of more than seven hundred contemporary art works
- Donation of the Colección de la Fundación Coca-Cola, with Spanish and Portuguese art
- Free guided tours at weekends
- Guided visit to the storerooms on the first Saturday of each month
- Ágora cultural café with tapas and its own programme
- Founded
- 2002
- Operated by
- Ayuntamiento de Salamanca (gestión: Fundación Salamanca Ciudad de Cultura y Saberes)
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Admission to the centre is free. Guided tours and storeroom visits are also free.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
All rooms and facilities are accessible to wheelchair users and people with pushchairs. Wheelchairs can be requested at reception free of charge.
Kids & families
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Calle Abraham Zacut (líneas 7 y 8)
Bus lines 7 and 8, stopping on Calle Abraham Zacut (next to the Junta de Castilla y León building); line 7 passes the railway station and the bus station; line 13 stops on the Paseo de Canalejas.
Amenities & dining
- Café
- Coat check
Ágora café, a cultural bar with tapas and its own programme of concerts, performances and exhibitions. The cloakroom is compulsory for bags, backpacks and wallets larger than 28 × 36 cm.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Photography | Photographs may be taken in the galleries only with hand-held cameras, without flash or tripod. Video recording is only permitted in the entrance and the courtyards. |
| Good to know | Free guided tours: Saturdays at 18:00 and 19:00, and Sundays and public holidays at 13:00, 18:00 and 19:00. Groups, associations and schools can arrange visits by calling +34 923 184 916. On the first Saturday of each month, at 12:00, there is a guided visit of about 90 minutes to the storerooms, free with registration and with 20 places. Food and drink, and animals other than guide dogs, are not allowed in; smoking is prohibited. |
