Museo Histórico Municipal de Écija

About the museum

The Museo Histórico Municipal de Écija was born from the initiative of a promoting committee of independent citizens, which the town council welcomed. Its creation made it possible to recover for the town the Palacio de Benamejí, a Baroque building of the 18th century declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (protected heritage site).

The museum is conceived as a “city museum” of an essentially archaeological character. The current display, open since March 1999, occupies around 650 m² of permanent exhibition with five archaeology rooms and a route from prehistory to the Middle Ages. The palace follows the Écija model of an entrance courtyard, stables and a large colonnaded courtyard, and has a monumental staircase covered by a dome.

In 2002, during excavations in the Plaza de España, the Wounded Amazon was found, a Roman marble copy of a 5th-century BC Greek original, almost completely preserved and with traces of polychromy. The museum also has a very active temporary exhibition room, an archaeological library with more than 4,000 volumes and a restoration laboratory.

Highlights

• Wounded Amazon, a Roman marble sculpture found in 2002
• Tartessian warrior stelae and Tartessian jewels
• Mosaics and sculptures of the Roman city of Astigi
• Room on Écija in the Visigothic and Andalusi periods
• Palacio de Benamejí, an example of Andalusian civil Baroque

Permanent exhibitions

• Prehistoria y Protohistoria – Rooms with Palaeolithic tools, Bronze Age weapons, Tartessian warrior stelae and Tartessian jewels found in the municipality of Écija.
• Época romana y arte romano – Rooms devoted to the city of Astigi, with mosaics, sculptures and the Wounded Amazon.
• La Edad Media: la ciudad – Room on the Visigothic and Andalusi city, with ceramics, Andalusi irrigation, a hoard of Caliphal coins and a reconstructed Muslim burial.

Founded

1999

Operated by

Ayuntamiento de Écija

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission to the museum is free. To access the Palacio de Benamejí a ticket must be bought under the conditions of the entity Ciudades Medias/Tu Historia, which runs the guided visits and audioguides.

Accessibility

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

All facilities are adapted for people with disabilities. Lift to the upper floor and an adapted toilet. Dogs are admitted on a lead and muzzle.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

The palace's activities include a children's workshop. Children under 12 must enter accompanied by a responsible adult.

Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Restaurant
• Museum shop
• Coat check

Café-restaurant “Las Ninfas” and museum shop with reproductions, books and archaeology-themed gifts. Free cloakroom.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Corporate events

Up to 100 guests.

The Palacio de Benamejí is rented for congresses, conventions, courses, commercial presentations and receptions. It has an assembly hall with 100 seats, an audiovisual room with 39 seats, the entrance courtyard and the restaurant.

Plan your visit