Museo de Huesca
State museum in the former Universidad Sertoriana, with archaeology and fine arts from the province, from prehistory to the 20th century; free admission.
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Over het museum
The Museo de Huesca arose from an initiative of the Comisión Provincial de Monumentos to gather the paintings from the suppressed convents of Alto Aragón and from other collections. It was officially founded in 1873 thanks to the impetus of Valentín Carderera, who donated a large part of his private collection and secured the deposit of several canvases from the former Museo de la Trinidad, today the Museo del Prado. Since 1918 it has been state-owned, although its management has been transferred to the Autonomous Community of Aragon.
The original holdings passed in 1846 to the Colegio Mayor de Santiago, and in 1967 they were installed in the current site, the former Universidad Sertoriana building, erected in 1690 by the architect from Huesca Francisco José de Artiga. It has an octagonal plan, a Baroque sandstone portal and an octagonal porticoed courtyard. Beside it survive three rooms of the Palacio de los Reyes de Aragón, examples of late 12th-century secular Romanesque: the Sala de la Campana, the Sala de Doña Petronila and the Salón del Trono.
The museum is organised into two sections, Archaeology and Fine Arts, which together summarise the history of the province of Huesca from prehistory to the 20th century. Its route includes prehistoric, Roman, Visigothic and Andalusi materials, Romanesque and Gothic art, painting from the 16th to the 19th centuries, the Carderera collection, an Egyptian collection and works by Ramón Acín.
Hoogtepunten
- Sala de la Campana and Sala de Doña Petronila, Romanesque rooms of the Palacio de los Reyes de Aragón
- History painting “La Campana de Huesca”
- Collection of Valentín Carderera, the museum's founder
- Provincial archaeology, from prehistory to the Andalusi period
- 18th-century painting and the age of Goya
- Egyptian collection and works by Ramón Acín
Vaste collectie
- Colección permanente: Arqueología y Bellas Artes – Route through the history of the province of Huesca from prehistory to the 20th century, with rooms devoted to archaeology, medieval art, painting from the 16th to the 19th centuries and the Carderera collection.
- Palacio de los Reyes de Aragón: Sala de la Campana y Sala de Doña Petronila – Rooms of late 12th-century secular Romanesque, joined to the museum and linked by tradition to the legend of the Campana de Huesca and to Petronila of Aragon.
- Opgericht
- 1873
- Beheerder
- Gobierno de Aragón (museo de titularidad estatal con gestión transferida)
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
De toegang is gratis.
Admission is free. Family activities organised with prior registration may have a separate price.
Toegankelijkheid
Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.
Kinderen & gezin
Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen
- Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
The museum offers an educational visit programme for families with children aged 9 months to 12 years, with workshops of about two hours. Activities require prior registration by email; some are free and others cost €5 per child (accompanying adults free).
Bereikbaarheid & parkeren
The museum is on the Plaza de la Universidad, adjoining the Palacio de los Reyes de Aragón.
Route plannenService & horeca
- Museumwinkel
Museum shop with publications; products are sold in person only.
Evenementen & zaalverhuur
Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.
Je bezoek plannen
| Aanbod voor scholen | ja |
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| Goed om te weten | Groups with their own guide must request the visit in advance by email (museohu@aragon.es), using the request form on the website; if capacity is limited, groups with prior booking have priority. |
