Museo Centro Gaiás
Exhibition centre of the Cidade da Cultura, with free admission, large temporary shows and two permanent murals by Seoane and Lugrís.
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About the museum
The Museo Centro Gaiás is part of the Cidade da Cultura de Galicia, on Monte Gaiás, near Santiago de Compostela. It is conceived as an architectural landmark of the 21st century and is one of the most distinctive buildings in the complex, which was designed by Peter Eisenman. It stands some 43 metres high and has more than 16,000 square metres of floor area.
Its exhibition space covers 6,600 square metres spread over three floors. It mainly hosts large-scale temporary exhibitions and installations that, because of their size, could not be shown in other centres, and it works in cooperation with the Galician museum network and with international institutions.
The museum permanently displays two large-format works on floor 0. One is a mural by Luís Seoane painted in Argentina in the 1970s, commissioned by Isaac Díaz Pardo for the Porcelanas de Magdalena factory. The other, in the entrance hall, is the mural “Translación del cuerpo del Apóstol a Santiago” by Urbano Lugrís, painted around 1957 for a sanatorium in Compostela and installed in the museum in February 2023 after its restoration.
Highlights
- Mural by Luís Seoane for Porcelanas de Magdalena
- Mural by Urbano Lugrís on the translation of the body of the Apostle
- Six thousand six hundred square metres of exhibition space over three floors
- Free admission to all the exhibitions
Permanent exhibitions
- Mural de Luís Seoane – Large mural (230 × 390 cm) by Luís Seoane, painted in Argentina in the 1970s, made up of four panels with reliefs inspired by Galician popular culture.
- Translación del cuerpo del Apóstol a Santiago, de Urbano Lugrís – Mural on a Jacobean (Saint James) theme, painted around 1957 and installed in the museum's entrance hall in 2023 after its restoration.
- Founded
- 2012
- Operated by
- Fundación Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission. All exhibitions can be visited freely; only the guided visits require a place reservation or ticket purchase.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
By public transit
Urban bus line 9 (Monday to Friday and Saturday mornings) from Casas Novas; line C11 on Saturday afternoons, Sundays and public holidays.
The Cidade da Cultura site is open every day from 8:00 to 23:00, and access by private vehicle is permitted. There are access plans from the AP-9 motorway and directions for walking up from the city centre.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Café
- Restaurant
Café-restaurant on floor 0, next to the Hall de Tirantes, open every day from 8:00 to 20:00, with an outdoor terrace and an indoor one.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | The museum and the Cidade da Cultura offer guided visits, including an architectural tour of the complex and visits to specific exhibitions, with a place reservation. |
