Museo de Cuenca

Over het museum

The collection of the Museo de Cuenca originates in the Roman objects gathered by Francisco Suay, mayor and schoolmaster of Valeria. In 1963 the Museo Arqueológico Provincial was created in the former Pósito del Almudí, which in 1973 was integrated into the Patronato Nacional de Museos. In 1974 it opened in its current site, on the Calle Obispo Valero, and in 1984 its management passed to the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha.

The museum occupies the so-called Casa del Curato, a 14th-century building that keeps Gothic remains and a 15th-century coffered wooden ceiling with the arms of the Luna and Albornoz families. In the 16th century it housed part of the Inquisition tribunal of Cuenca. The façade was renovated in 1981-1982 to a design by the painter Miguel Zapata.

The collections are organised into three sections: Archaeology, Fine Arts and Oenology. The permanent exhibition, spread over three floors, traces the history of the province from the Palaeolithic to the 20th century, with rooms devoted to Prehistory and Protohistory. Since 2014 new pieces have been added and the content has been updated. The building also has a restoration workshop, a photographic laboratory, an auxiliary library and a small room for temporary exhibitions.

Hoogtepunten

• 14th-century Casa del Curato with a 15th-century coffered ceiling
• Idol of Chillarón and Celtiberian letter
• Sculpture of Dea Roma and bust of Lucius Caesar
• Islamic capital and Gothic enthroned Virgin
• Tour of the province from the Palaeolithic to the 20th century

Vaste collectie

• Exposición permanente: arqueología y bellas artes – Tour through three floors from the Palaeolithic to the 20th century, with rooms on Prehistory and Protohistory and pieces such as the Chillarón idol, the Celtiberian letter and the sculpture of Dea Roma.

Opgericht

1963

Beheerder

Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

De toegang is gratis.

Gratis toegang: Wednesday afternoons, all day on Saturdays, Sunday mornings, and on 18 May, 31 May, 12 October, 16 November and 6 December.

The museum's website currently states that admission is temporarily free, with no end date. The ordinary rates are €3 for general admission and €1.50 for reduced admission. To enter free or at a discount, the relevant status must be proven. Tickets are bought at the ticket office or online. Teaching staff, official tourist guides, journalists, researchers, unemployed people, victims of gender violence and their children, donors and members of museum associations such as ICOM or ANABAD also enter free.

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