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Museu Comarcal de l'Urgell

Regional museum of Tàrrega in the small palace of Cal Perelló, with Iberian and medieval archaeology, the history of local art and the Noble Rooms.

Opening hoursAdmission €5

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About the museum

The museum originated at the beginning of the 20th century with fossils found in the Talladell quarries, near Tàrrega, and with the archaeological surveys carried out by the Piarist father Bernat Noguera at the Castle of Mor. In 1957 an administrative board was set up, and in 1962 the museum opened with two rooms, one on the ground floor of the town hall and another at the entrance to the former palace of the Marquises de la Floresta. In 1969 it became part of the Centre Comarcal de Cultura, and in 1981 the agreement establishing the Museu Comarcal was signed between the Tàrrega Town Council and the Department of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

The current seat is Cal Perelló, on Carrer Major, a small palace commissioned by Francesc de Perelló at the end of the 17th century over several houses acquired around 1681. At the end of the 18th century the family embellished it with paintings and ornaments. The town council bought and rehabilitated the building in the 1980s of the 20th century to house the museum, and the Noble Rooms, the first-floor garden, the chapel and the cellar were preserved.

The permanent exhibition brings together several themes: “Tragèdia al Call. Tàrrega 1348”, with the archaeological finds from the assault on the Jewish quarter and the necropolis of Les Roquetes; the room devoted to the Iberians of Urgell; “Forjant un sistema artístic”, a route through the history of art in Tàrrega between 1875 and 1965; and the Noble Rooms, which show how a well-to-do family lived from the 17th to the 19th century.

Highlights

“Tragèdia al Call. Tàrrega 1348”: finds from the assault on the Jewish quarter and the necropolis of Les Roquetes
Archaeology room “Els ibers a l'Urgell”, with material from Molí d'Espígol and other sites
Noble Rooms of Cal Perelló, with paintings, ornaments and period furniture
“Forjant un sistema artístic”: the history of art in Tàrrega between 1875 and 1965
Guided visit included with admission on the first Sunday of each month at 10:30

Permanent exhibitions

Tragèdia al Call. Tàrrega 1348 – Archaeological material from the assault on the call (Jewish quarter) of 1348 and from the Jewish necropolis of Les Roquetes, together with Gothic and Romanesque pieces from the town's churches and convents.
Els ibers a l'Urgell – Archaeology room on the Iberian world of Urgell, from its antecedents to Romanisation, focused on the settlement of Molí d'Espígol and other villages.
Sales Nobles de Cal Perelló – Rooms of the Perelló small palace, with paintings, ornaments and period furniture showing the life of a well-to-do family between the 17th and 19th centuries.

Founded: 1982
Operated by: Ajuntament de Tàrrega

Admission & discounts

Adults	€5
Reduced	€3Retired people and students.
Children & teens	freefree up to age 9 · Free admission for under-10s.
Seniors	€3Reduced admission for retired people.
Students & apprentices	€3Reduced admission for students.
Groups	–City guided visit: groups of up to 20 people, €50 plus individual admission; groups of more than 20 people (more than one group required), €50 per group plus individual admission. Always by prior booking.
City guided visit for groups of up to 20 people (plus individual admission)	€50

The fee is a combined ticket for the permanent exhibitions of the museum and of the Museu de la Mecanització Agrària J. Trepat. Entry to temporary exhibitions is free. Free admission for members of ICOM and of the Associació de Museòlegs de Catalunya (AMC), teachers with a card and unemployed people.