Sala Arqueológica de Marbella
Municipal room in the Cortijo Miraflores with models of Roman sites and finds from Marbella, from the Palaeolithic to the Early Modern period.
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About the museum
The Sala Arqueológica Municipal is located within the Centro Cultural Cortijo Miraflores, a former farmhouse built in 1706 as a country house in the Prado de San Francisco, to which a sugar mill and an olive oil mill were later added. The building acquired its present structure in the first half of the 19th century, ceased to belong to the owning family after 1886 and was bought by the Ayuntamiento de Marbella (town council) in 1990. Today it is a Bien de Interés Cultural (Asset of Cultural Interest).
After its rehabilitation, the cortijo operates as a cultural centre and brings together exhibitions, the Archivo Histórico Municipal, a 19th-century olive oil mill with its machinery and the archaeological display. The exhibition occupies a main room and a room adjoining the olive oil mill.
The main room displays three models of large Roman and Late Roman sites in the municipality: the Roman villa of Río Verde, the Guadalmina baths and the early Christian basilica of Vega del Mar. Alongside them are a reconstructed Roman anchor stock, a ship's cannon, an Admiralty-type anchor, an amphora and a loophole from the castle of Marbella, as well as a display case on the Andalusian Neolithic with votive funerary grave goods from several caves.
The mill room holds six display cases and three explanatory panels that trace local history from the Lower Palaeolithic to the Early Modern period, with stone tools, Phoenician and Roman pottery, funerary urns, Islamic pottery and coins. The first display case is devoted to Roman-era underwater archaeology.
Highlights
- Models of the Roman villa of Río Verde, the Guadalmina baths and the Vega del Mar basilica
- Display case on the Andalusian Neolithic with votive funerary grave goods
- Pieces of Roman underwater archaeology, an amphora and an Admiralty-type anchor
- Chronological route from the Lower Palaeolithic to the Early Modern period
- 19th-century olive oil mill in the same Cortijo Miraflores
Permanent exhibitions
- Sala principal: maquetas y piezas de época romana y neolítica – Models of the Roman villa of Río Verde, the Guadalmina baths and the Vega del Mar basilica, with Roman objects and a display case on the Andalusian Neolithic.
- Sala del molino: de la Prehistoria a la Edad Moderna – Six display cases and three panels on the history of the municipality from the Lower Palaeolithic to the Early Modern period, starting with Roman underwater archaeology.
- Operated by
- Ayuntamiento de Marbella
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
The municipal website does not publish admission charges; according to tourist guides, access to the cultural centre is free.
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Getting there & parking
The cultural centre is in the Miraflores district, with access from Calle San Pedro de Alcántara and Calle José Luis Morales y Marín.
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| Good to know | The room is part of the Centro Cultural Cortijo Miraflores, which also hosts temporary exhibitions, the Archivo Histórico Municipal and a 19th-century olive oil mill. |
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