Fine Arts Museum (A Coruña)
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A Coruña, as a city full of culture and traditions, has a great artistic arsenal. This made it necessary to found a Museum of Fine Arts. The idea arose at the end of the 19th century, but the museum was not created until 1922 and did not open to the public until 1947. After various options were considered, it was inaugurated on its current site, a building designed by Manuel Gallego Jorreto.
This magnificent museum exhibits drawings, paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, engravings and even archaeology. Within its pictorial collection, it preserves works from the 16th century to the present, with important Galician artists such as Sotomayor and Colmeiro being represented. In recent decades, efforts have been made to recover, through the museum's acquisitions program, the vision of Galician art from the 19th century to the present day.
The place is made up of six permanent exhibition halls divided into three floors housing the collection of sculpture, painting and decorative arts. It has two rooms from the recovered convent of the Capuchins where collections of engravings by Goya and ceramics from Sargadelos are exhibited.
It also has a temporary exhibition room of more than 300 square meters where works of art of a very diverse format are distributed over two floors. The museum is currently owned by the state, which is in charge of its maintenance and conservation, in addition to the guided tours of each of its rooms.
Visiting this site does not require a great deal of planning, as it is open from Tuesday to Sunday at different times. It is closed on Mondays and holidays.
This magnificent museum exhibits drawings, paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, engravings and even archaeology. Within its pictorial collection, it preserves works from the 16th century to the present, with important Galician artists such as Sotomayor and Colmeiro being represented. In recent decades, efforts have been made to recover, through the museum's acquisitions program, the vision of Galician art from the 19th century to the present day.
The place is made up of six permanent exhibition halls divided into three floors housing the collection of sculpture, painting and decorative arts. It has two rooms from the recovered convent of the Capuchins where collections of engravings by Goya and ceramics from Sargadelos are exhibited.
It also has a temporary exhibition room of more than 300 square meters where works of art of a very diverse format are distributed over two floors. The museum is currently owned by the state, which is in charge of its maintenance and conservation, in addition to the guided tours of each of its rooms.
Visiting this site does not require a great deal of planning, as it is open from Tuesday to Sunday at different times. It is closed on Mondays and holidays.
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