MUA – Museo de la Universidad de Alicante

About the museum

The Museo de la Universidad de Alicante (MUA) was founded in 1999 on the San Vicente del Raspeig campus as a pioneering project among Spanish university museums. Its building, designed by the architect Alfredo Payá, was conceived as a large timber box beside an artificial lake. Its programme is based on alternating temporary exhibitions of a scientific, artistic and heritage character.

The collection brings together some 2,500 works of contemporary art from the second half of the 20th century and the 21st century, by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Eduardo Chillida, Eusebio Sempere and Arcadio Blasco. Highlights include the graphic-art holdings of Sempere and the architectural photography of Julius Shulman. Since 2005 a permanent room for the collection has existed. For reasons of space and conservation, it is renewed periodically according to thematic and educational criteria.

Each season the museum organises around twenty temporary exhibitions and a broad programme of activities: guided tours, educational workshops for schoolchildren, concerts, lectures and activities for families. It also has a cultural information point and a library with exhibition catalogues and publications on art.

Highlights

• Graphic-art holdings of Eusebio Sempere
• Architectural photography by Julius Shulman
• Works by Picasso, Miró, Chillida and Arcadio Blasco
• Permanent room of the MUA Collection, periodically renewed
• Free admission

Permanent exhibition

• Sala permanente de la Colección MUA – Room for the museum's collection, open since 2005 and periodically renewed with thematic and educational exhibitions drawn from its holdings of painting, graphic art, sculpture, photography and video.

Founded

1999

Operated by

Universidad de Alicante

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The museum's website publishes a visual access guide to help prepare the visit.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

The programme “Diumenges al MUA” offers workshops and activities for the whole family during the 2026/2027 academic year, with advance registration.

Getting there & parking

The museum is within the University of Alicante campus, next to the road to San Vicente del Raspeig.

Amenities & dining

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Events & venue rental

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