Provincial Museum of Lugo, Lugo, Spain

In 1932 the Provincial Council of Lugo created the museum in order to collect and protect the patrimony of the province, which were spread in individual collections and public institutions. At first, the museum would be located in the Palacio Provincial de San Marcos. In 1957 the museum is moved to the present location, the rooms of the old San Francisco convents and a new building designed by the architect Manuel Gómez Román. From this moment on, the museum enjoyed several extensions.

The first floor houses a collection of tiles from the 3rd century, found in a plot in Armañá Street (Lugo). It also presents the collections of sacred art, including a stone image of the Saviour coming from San Pedro de Fiz de Muxa (Lugo), a wide range of Gothic Mannerist and Baroque imagery, the processional crosses made of silver and other objects for religious purposes. In the cloister, the visitor can behold pieces of epigraphy, heraldry and other collections in stone. The convent kitchen of this floor shows the etnographic funds, next to the refectory.

The high part of the cloister is devoted to Prehistory and Archaeology. The visitor will find a chronological tour from the Palaeolithic to the end of Romanisation, as well as the ceramics, glass, numismatic and medals collections.

On the second floor the visitor will enjoy the Galician art collections, focused in painting and sculpture from the 19th and 20th century with monographic halls dedicated to Antonio Fernández, Julia Minguillón and Corredoira, along with the ceramic collection from Sargadelos - which is a separate hall hosting pieces from all periods of production of the Real Fábrica.

In 2010, the first floor of the new building (opened in 1997) was restored, allowing space for Galician drawings and engravings sections. The halls are monographic for Castelao, Prieto Nespereira and Castro Gil, maintaining the chandelier collection.

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J Suk (11 months ago)
It is a free cultural place. Full of pieces related to the region. It talks about stone, gold and art. Worth the visit!

אביב לדרר (14 months ago)
The museum is big and the exhibitions are big and impressive

Jess Teacher (19 months ago)
This is a great museum... even better if you speak Spanish. Unfortunately they close for 2 and a half hours at lunchtime/siesta so although I like they keep that tradition it's a bit frustrating if you didnt find it early enough.... also draconian about taking photos.

Eric Darier (2 years ago)
Worth a visit. I specially liked the modern and contemporary artworks.

Susan Henley (2 years ago)
Very interesting and all free didn't cover all of it will go back

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