Museo de Abengibre
Permanent archaeological exhibition in the Abengibre town hall, with pieces from La Manchuela from prehistory to the Visigothic period.
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About the museum
The Museo de Abengibre is a permanent archaeological exhibition installed in a room on the second floor of the town hall. It opened on 11 May 1996 in the presence of José Bono, then president of the regional government of Castilla-La Mancha (Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha). Its main driving force was Abelardo López Pérez, a local farmer who for years gathered pieces found in La Manchuela.
The collection combines objects donated by individuals with pieces loaned by the Museo de Albacete and some reproductions. The route is arranged in four historical contexts. The first, devoted to the Palaeolithic and the Neolithic, recreates the settings and tasks of the period through painted canvases by Abelardo López himself. Then come the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, with tools, ornaments, weapons and pottery.
The largest group relates to the Iberian world, with ex-votos, vessels, millstones, building elements and a reproduction of a tumulus tomb, as well as replicas of the Tesoro de Abengibre, an Iberian silverware set whose original is kept at the Museo Arqueológico Nacional. The last section brings together numismatics, Roman and Visigothic materials and a stela with a Roman inscription. Several panels explain the finds from the Abengibre stream, the Júcar river and La Manchuela.
Highlights
- Replicas of the Tesoro de Abengibre, an Iberian silverware set
- Reproduction of an Iberian tumulus tomb
- Canvases recreating the Palaeolithic and the Neolithic
- Stela with a Roman inscription
- Collection of Iberian and Roman coins
Permanent exhibition
- Exposición arqueológica permanente – Tour of the periods of occupation of Abengibre, from the Palaeolithic to the Visigothic period, with original pieces, reproductions and canvases.
- Founded
- 1996
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| Good to know | The exhibition occupies a room on the second floor of the town hall; visits outside the usual hours are arranged by telephone. |
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