Can Saura. Museu de Ciutadella
City museum of Ciutadella in the Can Saura manor house, with a permanent exhibition across fifteen rooms on its history, archaeology and trades.
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About the museum
The Museu de Ciutadella is a municipal museum, run by the town council, that explains the history of the city and its particularities through the stories and objects of its inhabitants. Until 2018 the visitable part was in the bastion of sa Font; since 2019 it has been in Can Saura, a former manor house built between the late 17th and the 18th century, on Carrer del Santíssim. The permanent exhibition opened in its present form in 2022.
The route occupies the ground floor and the first floor across fifteen rooms. Downstairs the municipality, the landscape, the use of natural resources and the city as a place of life and death are presented, and there is a large timeline of the history of Menorca and Ciutadella. On the main floor the route is non-linear: it passes through the events of 1558, the funerary world of the naveta period with the finds from the cova des Càrritx, the island's religions and the finds from the cova des Mussol, and ends with the city's trades, rural life and the Sant Joan festivities.
The collection includes a large ethnological holding and an important archaeological one. The museum divides its functions between several sites: Can Saura receives the public, the bastion of sa Font houses conservation and research, and the El Roser exhibition hall is used for temporary exhibitions. It also offers an educational programme for schools.
Highlights
- Permanent exhibition across fifteen rooms
- Finds from the cova des Càrritx and the cova des Mussol
- Room devoted to the Sant Joan festivities
- Manor house from the 17th and 18th centuries
- Free admission on Wednesdays
Permanent exhibition
- Exposición permanente de Can Saura – Fifteen rooms over two floors on the history of Ciutadella, with ethnological and archaeological holdings, the finds from the cova des Càrritx and the cova des Mussol, the trades and the Sant Joan festivities.
- Founded
- 1935
- Operated by
- Ajuntament de Ciutadella
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €5 |
|---|---|
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 17 · Free for children under 18. |
| Seniors | freeFree for people over 65 and pensioners. |
| Students & apprentices | freeFree with an accredited card. |
Free admission: Wednesdays (free admission)
Free admission: children under 18, people over 65 and pensioners, students with an accredited card, and every Wednesday.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible: no information
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- 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
Only guide dogs are allowed inside the museum.
Kids & families
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Getting there & parking
By car
No on-site parking at the museum.
The museum has no car park of its own; paid car parks around the old town include the Príncep and the Contramurada.
It is reached on foot through the old town, following the signs to “Can Saura”.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Lockers
Free individual lockers next to reception, where bags larger than 25 × 25 × 35 cm and umbrellas must be left.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
|---|---|
| School programs | yes |
| Photography | Photography without flash and recordings for home use are permitted. |
| Good to know | Guided tours (for example, “Tast de Museu”). Food and drink may not be brought into the rooms. The school educational programme is offered through the town council's “Obrint Portes” scheme. |
