Museo Interactivo da Historia de Lugo

About the museum

The Museo Interactivo da Historia de Lugo, known as MIHL, opened on 29 November 2012, a date commemorating the declaration of the Roman wall of Lugo as a World Heritage Site. It was designed by the studio Nieto Sobejano, which conceived it as a museum-park or park-museum in which architecture and landscape merge.

The design is geometric and has the circle as its organising element, with which it links to the Roman wall, the stone ring that surrounds the city. It combines Corten steel, whose brown colour connects with the earth under which the building was constructed, and a green roof that brings the greenery of the Galician landscape. Beneath the building there are several springs whose flow requires drainage pumps to run 24 hours a day, which posed an architectural challenge. The project received a special mention at the Architizer A+ Awards in 2013.

The museum houses a permanent exhibition that reviews the city's historical evolution through audiovisual resources, interactive models and information panels. It includes a small selection of archaeological pieces, among which stands out the granite monolith with the city's founding inscription, commissioned by Paulo Fabio Máximo in honour of the emperor Augustus, as well as a terracotta theatre mask and epigraphic and ceramic pieces. It also offers a broad programme of temporary exhibitions and cultural and educational activities.

Highlights

• Interactive permanent exhibition on the history of Lugo
• Monolith with the city's founding inscription
• Nieto Sobejano building with green roof and Corten steel
• Free admission
• Programme of cultural and educational activities

Permanent exhibition

• Exposición permanente sobre la historia de Lugo – Tour through the city's historical evolution with audiovisual resources, interactive models and panels, and a selection of archaeological pieces.

Founded

2012

Operated by

Concello de Lugo (Salas Museísticas Municipais)

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• 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

Building adapted for people with reduced mobility: the reception and the Caja Negra are reached by lift, and there are accessible toilets for wheelchair users. There are no braille leaflets. The videos of the permanent exhibition have subtitles in Spanish and English.

Kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

Programme of cultural and educational activities, with free educational visits for schools.

Getting there & parking

The museum is in the Parque da Milagrosa, on Avenida Infanta Elena.

Amenities & dining

Eating and drinking is only permitted in the designated area next to the coffee machine. In the vicinity of the park, on Rúa Río Narla and Rúa Monte Faro, there are cafés and a restaurant.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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