Museo Casa Lis

Over het museum

The museum occupies Casa Lis, an urban mansion built on the former city walls of Salamanca for Miguel de Lis, a tannery industrialist. The provincial architect Joaquín de Vargas y Aguirre designed it around an interior courtyard, with an iron-and-glass façade of industrial inspiration and a modernist north façade rebuilt in 1905; the house opened in 1906. In 1917 it was bought by Enrique Esperabé de Arteaga, later rector of the University of Salamanca. In the 1970s it was closed and in decline, and in 1981 Salamanca City Council began its expropriation to save it.

After restoration, the building reopened in 1995 as the Museo Art Nouveau y Art Déco to display the collections donated by the antiques dealer and collector Manuel Ramos Andrade (1944–1998). It now holds nineteen collections of decorative arts from the late 19th century to the Second World War, spread over some twenty rooms: chryselephantine and bronze works, dolls and automata, glass, jewellery, furniture, fans, porcelain, painting and Viennese bronzes.

In addition to the permanent rooms, the museum runs temporary exhibitions, concerts and other activities. Inside the building there are a shop and the Café de Lis, with a terrace, and the museum maintains a virtual exhibition with digital twins of its automata.

Hoogtepunten

• Modernist building with an iron-and-glass façade on the Salamanca city walls
• Glass collection in Art Nouveau and Art Deco style
• Chryselephantine works (ivory and bronze sculptures) and Viennese bronzes
• Dolls and automata
• Nineteen decorative arts collections, including jewellery, fans and porcelain

Vaste collectie

• Colecciones de Art Nouveau y Art Déco – Nineteen decorative arts collections, including glass, chryselephantine works and bronzes, dolls and automata, spread over some twenty rooms in the house.

Opgericht

1995

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Gratis toegang: Thursdays 11:00–14:00 (until 31 May) and 10:00–13:00 (from 1 June).

Tickets cannot be bought online. Entitlement to a reduced or free ticket must be proven when buying the ticket. Free admission also for residents of Navasfrías (Salamanca).

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The museum states that the building has lifts and adapted toilets and that there are no architectural barriers inside. There are rest areas. The museum publishes an accessibility statement on its website.

Kinderen & gezin

Minors must be accompanied by their parents, guardians or responsible adults.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

Service & horeca

• Café
• Museumwinkel
• Wifi

Café de Lis with terrace and Tienda de Lis in the same building. Free Wi-Fi in the Café de Lis, accessed through the museum and subject to its opening hours. Eating and drinking are only permitted in the Café and on the Terraza de Lis; smoking is prohibited throughout the building.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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