Museo Enrique Giner
The only museum in Spain entirely devoted to the art of the medal, housed in the former Baroque hermitage of San Miguel in Nules.
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About the museum
The museum occupies the hermitage of San Miguel, known as “el Fort”. It was built between 1752 and 1757 at the wish and at the expense of the Marquis of Nules, attributed to the architect Antonio Gilabert, to replace another hermitage from the mid-15th century. Only the central chapel of the original building survives, heptagonal on the outside and circular on the inside. In 1808 General Suchet used it as a fort for the Napoleonic troops, hence its name.
The Nules town council bought the building in 1988. On 15 April 1989 the sculptor Enrique Giner donated to his native town a series of sculptures, his work tools, drawings and sketches, his professional correspondence and the models of the more than one hundred medals he created during his life.
Between 1990 and 1994 the hermitage was restored to house the museum and the Archivo Histórico de Nules. The museum opened on 10 June 1995, based on the Giner bequest, and is devoted exclusively to the art of the medal. Its collection brings together medals from the mid-15th century to the present day.
Highlights
- Central chapel with sculptures by Enrique Giner, such as “Pelícano”, “Galgo”, “Ofrenda” and “Sol Giner”
- Medals from the 15th to the 21st century by artists such as Bernini, Benlliure and Dalí
- Display cases on the origins of the medal and its creation process
- Drawings, designs and medals by Giner created between 1923 and 1982
- Outdoor sculptures and reliefs in the open-air space
Permanent exhibitions
- Capilla Central – Display of the sculptures that Enrique Giner created during his lifetime, in the chapel that remains of the original building.
- Nuevo espacio: el arte de la medalla – Display cases with the origins of medal art, the process of creating a medal, drawings and medals by Giner, and a selection of medals by other artists from 1457 to today.
- Espacio exterior – Sculptures and reliefs by sculptors connected with Giner, in the square around the museum.
- Founded
- 1995
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