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Museo de Burgos

Provincial museum of archaeology and fine arts in two Renaissance palaces in Burgos, with finds from Atapuerca and pieces from Santo Domingo de Silos.

Opening hoursAdmission €1

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About the museum

The Museo de Burgos grew out of the disentailment begun in 1835, which placed the artworks of suppressed convents in public hands. In 1846 the Provincial Commission of Historic and Artistic Monuments set in motion its creation and gave it as its first home the Seminario Conciliar de San Jerónimo (diocesan seminary). The lack of a permanent site and continual moves put the pieces at risk for decades. The collection passed through the convent of the Madres Trinitarias (Trinitarian nuns) and the Arco de Santa María before settling in the Casa Miranda, its home since the opening in 1955.

The museum now occupies two adjoining Renaissance civil buildings. The Casa Miranda, built in 1545 by the canon Francisco de Miranda y Salón, houses the Prehistory and Archaeology section. The Casa de Íñigo Angulo, from the mid-16th century, houses the Fine Arts section. An extension is planned on the sites of the Casa Melgosa and the former Cine Calatravas to install the Decorative Arts and Contemporary Art sections.

The collections, which come exclusively from the province of Burgos, were formed in two phases: first with the holdings gathered from the disentailed convents, mainly paintings and sculpture, and from the 1930s onwards with material from archaeological excavations in the province. Decorative arts and modern and contemporary art have been added over time.

Highlights

Human fossils from the Sierra de Atapuerca (Trinchera and Sima de los Huesos)
Frontal or shrine of Santo Domingo de Silos, a masterpiece of Romanesque goldsmithing
Ivory and enamel casket from the monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos
Ecce Homo (Christ of the Tears), by Jan Mostaert
Portrait of Fray Alonso de San Vítores, by Juan Rizi
Remains of the Roman city of Clunia

Permanent exhibitions

Sección de Prehistoria y Arqueología (Casa Miranda) – Route through eight rooms from the Palaeolithic to the Visigothic period, with the Atapuerca finds, Iron Age necropolises and the remains of the Roman city of Clunia.
Sección de Bellas Artes (Casa de Íñigo Angulo) – Route through nine rooms from the pre-Romanesque to contemporary art, with works from the province of Burgos, including pieces by Pedro Berruguete, Jan Mostaert and Juan Rizi.

Founded: 1846
Operated by: Junta de Castilla y León (gestión); titularidad estatal
Director: Marta Negro Cobo

Admission & discounts

Adults	€1
Children & teens	freefree up to age 17 · Free admission for minors who are citizens of the European Union, on presentation of the accrediting document.
Seniors	freeFree admission for people over 65 and retired people.
Visitors with disabilities	freecompanion free · Free admission for people with a disability of 33% or more and, where essential, for their companion.
Students & apprentices	freeFree admission for university students.
Families	freeFree admission for members of large families of any category, single-parent families and families with multiple births or simultaneous adoption.
Temporary exhibitions (to be determined)	€0.60

Free admission: Saturdays, Sundays and national or regional public holidays, as well as 23 April, 9 May, 18 May, 12 October and 6 December, throughout opening hours.

Admission to the permanent exhibition costs €1. Free admission with accreditation also applies to unemployed people, teaching staff, tour guides of Castilla y León, holders of the Carné Joven (youth card), volunteers, ICOM members and museum friends, among other groups. The same arrangement applies to legal residents of the European Union.