Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya – Girona

Over het museum

The Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya in Girona grew out of the Museu Provincial d'Antiguitats i Belles Arts, created in 1845 by the Comissió Provincial de Monuments, and it is one of the oldest in Catalonia. In 1857 it was installed in the cloister of the monastery of Sant Pere de Galligants, which the Benedictine monks had abandoned in 1836 under the disentailment laws (desamortización). In 1860 work began on the upper cloister, where the exhibition rooms are today, but the museum did not open to the public until the end of 1870.

Among the earliest materials are those from the excavations the Comissió de Monuments carried out at Empúries in 1846, and the Roman inscriptions and sculptures found in the city of Gerunda. After the Civil War it became the Provincial Archaeological Museum and also occupied the church, which had until then been a parish church. In 1976, with the creation of the Museu d'Art de Girona, the art collections were moved to the former Palau Episcopal and the museum became specialised in archaeology. In 1992 it passed to the Generalitat de Catalunya and became part of the Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya.

The monastery, known since the 10th century, retains only the church and the cloister, built from around 1131 and considered one of the most notable examples of Catalan Romanesque. The church has a three-aisled basilica plan and a rose window almost three and a half metres in diameter; the cloister has sixty capitals with a rich medieval imagery.

The exhibition “El temps de la memòria” (The Time of Memory), which covers the land and underwater heritage of Girona, presents the most important pieces in the collection.

Hoogtepunten

• Romanesque monastery of Sant Pere de Galligants, with a three-aisled church and rose window
• Cloister with sixty carved capitals, including the two-tailed mermaid
• Exhibition “El temps de la memòria” with the most important pieces in the collection
• Land and underwater archaeological heritage of the Girona region
• Mosaic of Theseus and Ariadne, one of the museum's key pieces

Vaste collectie

• El temps de la memòria – Long-term exhibition marking more than 175 years of the museum's history, with a tour of the land and underwater heritage of Girona and its surroundings through the most important pieces in the collection.

Opgericht

1845

Beheerder

Generalitat de Catalunya (Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya)

Bezoekers per jaar

ca. 25.433

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Gratis toegang: The first Sunday of each month; 23 April; 18 May; the third weekend of June; 11 September; the first and second weekends of October; 29 October; and during Science Week in November.

Admission gives access to the monastery, all the exhibitions and the visit tablet. Free entry also for unemployed people, foster families, holders of the De Bat a Bat pass and the Mentora card, accredited members of ICOM, ICOMOS, the Associació de Museòlegs de Catalunya, the Societat Catalana d'Arqueologia and the Agència Catalana del Patrimoni Cultural, tourist guides, teachers and journalists (with prior written request). With the Gironamuseus card, 50% discount (unless Sant Pere de Galligants is the first museum visited). With the Aqua Gerunda ticket, admission costs €2.

Toegankelijkheid

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

Access to the monastery, church, cloister and the exhibition “El temps de la memòria” is fully accessible for people with reduced mobility, but the museum has no adapted toilets: the standard toilets are reached by stairs. Folding chairs for free use along the route. Induction loops at reception and individual loops for guided tours and activities. Monastery guide adapted for people with visual impairments, an easy-read guide to the exhibition texts, and an anticipation guide for people with autism spectrum disorder. The tablet visit is adapted to Catalan Sign Language.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops

Family workshops and theatrical tours within the museum's activity programme, for example during the European Heritage Days. Under-16s enter free.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Shop with guides, scientific publications, exhibition catalogues and gifts.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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