The National Archaeological Museum of Spain (Spanish: Museo Arqueológico Nacional) is a museum in Madrid, Spain. It is located on Serrano Street beside the Plaza de Colón (Columbus Square), sharing its building with the National Library.
The museum was founded in 1867 by a Royal Decree of Isabella II as a depository for numismatic, archaeological, ethnographical and decorative art collections of the Spanish monarchs.
The museum was originally located in the Embajadores district of Madrid. In 1895, it moved to a building designed specifically to house it, a neoclassical design by architect Francisco Jareño, built from 1866 to 1892. In 1968, renovation and extension works considerably increased its area. The museum closed for renovation in 2008 and reopened in April 2014. The remodelled museum concentrates on its core archaeological role, rather than decorative arts.
The collection includes, among others, Prehistoric, Egyptian, Celtic, Iberian, Greek and Roman antiquities and medieval (Visigothic, Islamic Spanish and Christian) objects.
Artifacts
- Prehistoric and Iberian
- a replica of the Altamira cave
- Lady of Elche
- Lady of Baza
- Lady of Galera
- Dama del Cerro de los Santos
- Biche of Balazote
- Bull of Osuna
- Mausoleum of Pozo Moro
- Sphinx of Agost
- Roman and Visigothic
- Lex Ursonensis
- Treasure of Guarrazar
- Medieval
- Crucifix of Ferdinand and Sancha
- Al-Andalus
- Pyxis of Zamora
- One of the Alhambra vases
Gallery of key objects
See also
- List of museums in Spain
References
External links
Media related to Museo Arqueológico Nacional de España at Wikimedia Commons
- National Archaeological Museum of Spain - Muselia
- Official list of museums in Spain
