Museo Fundación Unicaja de Artes y Costumbres Populares
Ethnographic museum in the Mesón de la Victoria (17th century), with 18 rooms on rural life, crafts and middle-class life in Málaga and its province.
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About the museum
The museum, the oldest of the city's private museums, has its roots in the 1960s, when an ethnographic section was conceived alongside the Museo de Bellas Artes (1961). The first material was placed in premises ceded by the Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País, in the former building of the Montepío de Viñeros.
In 1974 the purchase of the Mesón de la Victoria was completed. It is a 17th-century building that had been abandoned and was in ruins, and it was restored to become a museum. It opened on 23 October 1976. The mesón was chosen because the building itself, a former inn with a wine cellar, refers to the contents: the everyday life of Málaga and its province.
The 18 rooms are spread over two floors. The lower floor houses rural settings and craft workshops, and the upper floor the world of the 19th-century bourgeoisie. Highlights include the collection of barros malagueños (Málaga earthenware), ceramics, textiles, ironwork, goldsmithing, popular religious objects and printing equipment. The museum also holds the Archivo Díaz de Escovar.
Highlights
- Collection of barros malagueños (Málaga earthenware)
- Eighteen furnished rooms: kitchen, tahona (mill-bakery), forge, almazara (olive mill), lagar (wine press) and tavern
- 19th-century middle-class rooms, printing workshop and the study of Arturo Reyes
- 17th-century building, the Mesón de la Victoria
- Archivo Díaz de Escovar
Permanent exhibition
- Exposición permanente: vida rural, oficios y vida burguesa – Eighteen rooms on two floors: on the lower floor, rural settings and craft workshops; on the upper floor, festivals and folklore, Málaga earthenware, popular religiosity, middle-class life and printing.
- Founded
- 1976
- Operated by
- Fundación Unicaja
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €4 |
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| Reduced | €2 |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 13 · Children under 14 do not pay. |
| Groups (10+ people) | €2 per personGroups of at least 10 people. |
| Guided tour of the permanent collection (supplement per person) | €1By appointment, for groups of 10 to 25 people. |
Free admission: Mondays 10:00–14:00.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible: no information
- Elevator
- 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
A lift gives people with reduced mobility access to the upper floor.
Kids & families
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Getting there & parking
The museum is in the historic centre, on its western edge next to the bed of the Guadalmedina river, between the Puerta Nueva and the Atarazanas. The main façade faces Calle de Camas.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Museum shop
Museum shop (Tienda MACP).
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 | Guided tours are given by specialised museum staff, by appointment, once groups of 10 to 25 visitors have been formed. They are requested by telephone (+34 952 217 137). |
