Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada

About the museum

The museum originated in the 19th-century disentailment of Church property: artworks collected from suppressed convents and monasteries were used to set up the Provincial Museum in the former Dominican convent of Santa Cruz la Real, which opened on 11 August 1839. Over the years it moved several times: in 1889 to council premises, in 1897 to a house on calle Arandas and in 1923 to the Casa de Castril on the Carrera del Darro.

The aim of housing it in the Palace of Charles V, an unfinished and unused building, was achieved in stages. In 1941 three rooms on the ground floor were set up, but the poor state of the building led to a return to the Casa de Castril. Thanks to the efforts of Emilio Orozco Díaz, the museum's director, and the negotiations of Antonio Gallego y Burín, the museum opened on 6 October 1958 on the first floor of the palace, where it remains today.

Much of the collection comes from the disentailed holdings and consists mainly of Granadan religious painting from the 16th to the 18th centuries, from monasteries such as the Cartuja and from series of paintings from the city's convents. During Orozco Díaz's directorship, from 1956 to 1972, it was expanded through purchases and donations, including works by Granadan artists of the first half of the 20th century. Since 1984 the collection of the Junta de Andalucía, covering the 19th and 20th centuries, has been added, and today acquisitions focus on contemporary Granadan artists such as Manuel Ángeles Ortiz, Manuel Rivera and José Guerrero.

Highlights

• Granadan religious painting from the 16th to 18th centuries, from disentailed convents
• Room dedicated to Alonso Cano
• 20th-century works by Granadan artists such as Manuel Ángeles Ortiz, Manuel Rivera and José Guerrero
• Collection of the Junta de Andalucía covering the 19th and 20th centuries
• Housed on the first floor of the Palace of Charles V, within the Alhambra complex

Permanent exhibition

• Exposición permanente – A tour of painting and sculpture in the first-floor rooms of the Palace of Charles V, with works by Alonso Cano, Granadan religious painting from the 16th to 18th centuries and 20th-century art.

Founded

1839

Operated by

Consejería de Cultura y Deporte de la Junta de Andalucía

Director

Ricardo Tenorio Vera

Admission & discounts

Free admission: Free admission for all visitors on 28 February (Andalusia Day), 18 May (International Museum Day), 27 September (World Tourism Day) and on the days of the European Heritage Days.

The general admission fee is €1.50. Throughout the year, with the appropriate accreditation, free admission applies to nationals of European Union Member States, students, people over 65, pensioners, people with a disability of at least 33% and members of ICOM.

Accessibility

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Access for people with physical disabilities is through the Museo de la Alhambra, on the ground floor of the Palace of Charles V. Visitors are advised to ask about conditions of use by calling the visitor line of the Patronato de la Alhambra: +34 958 027 971.

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