Museums in the Region Vega de Granada
Museums in Granada
Museo Caja de Granada
The museum to discover Andalucia. It has different rooms with expostions: 1. Diversity of landscapes 2.Land and Cities 3. Ways of Life 4. Art and Culture. The Museum Caja de Granada is a place to discover through the senses about the past and present of Andalusia.
The exhibition of Collection CajaGRANADA has nearly a hundred works of various andalusian artists, national and international masters of all times. The works, that date between the XVI and XXI century, allow us to go through different artistic trends and
manifestations, and at the same time enjoy the work of outstanding creators of modern and contemporary art such as Santiago Rusiñol, Pablo Picasso, José Guerrero, Manuel Rivera, Antoni Tàpies, Carmen Laffón, Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon, and Romantic painters such as David Roberts,
among others. See for more information this info sheet.
Museo Casa de los Tiros
Museum with a rich collection of historic artwork.drawings, engravings, lithographs, photographs, drawings, pieces of local craftsmanship such as earthenware, streetlamps, fabrics, etc. Bibliographical objects with a Granada theme, travel documents, series of publications, pamphlets etc. Next to this it has temporary exibitions. The building where the museum is located is dating from the 16th century.
Casa Federico García Lorca
This is the house where Federico Garcia Lorca lived with his family from 1926 till 1936. This is the place where he wrote his main works before he was excuted by the Guardia Civil during the Spanish Civil war.
Opening hours
Tuesday to Domingo from 10:00 till 14:30-
Price: 1,80 euro / on Wednesdays gratis
Casa de los Pisa Museo San Juan de Dios
The museum is placed in a building which was built in 1492 and has 12 rooms and 3 galleries. The museum is showing a large amount of paintings, engravings, gold articles, furniture, porcelains, making it be considered as the most important museum of his kind in whole Andalucia. See the brochure in English for more information.
Opening hours
Monday to Saturday from 10:00 till 13:30
Price: 3,00 euro
Palacio de los Condes de Gabia
Opening hours
Monday to Saturday from 18:00 till 21:00
Sundays and festival days from 11:00 till 14.00
Price: free entrance
Fundación Rodriquez Acosta
This museum is offering five floors of artwork. The artworks that are be showed are collected by Rodriquez Acosta and Gomez Moreno.
Opening hours
March 15th - October 14th: 10:00 - 18:30
October 15th - March 14th: 10:00 - 16:30
Price: € 5,00.
Parque de las Ciencias
Parque de las Ciencias is an interactive museum of over 70.000 meters. It is situated close to the center of Granada. It has one of the most varied offers of cultural and scientific leisure of Europe. Inside the building you find different scientific themes, but also a tropical butterfly garden. Outside there is a Botanic Garden, Astronomical Observatory, open air games, sculpture exhabition. This is also a great place for children of all ages because they can do their own experiments.
Centro José Guerrero
This art museum is dedicated to the painter José Guerro (1914-1991 Barcelona) and is also showing work of other painters. The museum is located near the Palacio de Carlos V (Alhambra).
Opening hours:
Tuesday - Saturday / bankholidays: 10:30-14:00 / 16:30-21:00
Sundays: 10:30-14:00
Cerrado 24th, 25th and 31st of December and the 1st of January
Museo Bellas Artes
This museum is situated in the Palacio de Carlos V (Alhambra). It is showing Baroque art; work from Alonso Cano, Pedro Raxis, Pedro de Mena.
Opening hours
Monday: closed.
Tuesday to Saturday:
1 January-14 March: 10:00-18:00.
15 March-15 June: 10:00-20:30.
16 June-15 September: 10:00-17:00.
16 September-14 October: 10:00-20:30.
15 October-31 December: 10:00-18:00.
Sunday and public holidays: 10:00-17:00
Casa Museo Manuel de Falla
Opening hours
Tuesday to Friday: 09.00 - 14:30 / 15:30 - 19:00
Saturday and Sunday: 09:00 - 14:30
Cave House Museum Sacremonte
This ethnographic museum gives a view of the life in caves, living conditions and trades of its inhabitants (basketry, forge, pottery, loom). Also the history of flamenco from its origins untill now is shown. The museum is divided over 10 cave houses.
Opening hours:
March 15th - October 14th: 10:00 - 22:00
October 15th - March 14th: 10:00 - 18:00
Price: € 5,00
Museums in Güejar Sierra
Museo de la Montaña, Museo Etnográfico del Tanvia
Museums in Atarfe
Hermitage of the Three Juanes (Natural Sciences museum)Museo “El Arca de los Tiempos”
Museums in Valderrubio
Casa Museo Garcia Lorca
Timetables and prices visits
Wednesday to Sunday: 10 to 13:30 h .. Closed Monday and Tuesday.
Unique, individual or group entry: 1,80 euro per person.
Guided tours and visits for groups (maximum 25 people) are organized
Information and reservations: City of Valderrubio, telef .: 958.45.44.66, during business hours 8-15 hours Monday to Friday.
Museums in Belicena
Information Center de la Vega: information about the tobacco farms.