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Museo Arqueológico de Asturias | |
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| Established | 1952 |
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| Location | Calle San Vicente 3 and 5 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain |
| Coordinates | 43°21′45″N 5°50′32″W / 43.3625°N 5.8423°W |
| Website | http://www.museoarqueologicodeasturias.com |
The Archaeological Museum of Asturias (Spanish: Museo Arqueológico de Asturias; Asturian: Muséu Arqueolóxicu d'Asturies) is housed in the 16th century Benedictine monastery of Saint Vicente in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. Its findings include collections of the Asturian Neolithic, Megalithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Astur hill fort culture, Roman period, and of the Gothic, Pre-Romanesque and Romanesque periods of the Kingdom of Asturias. The museum also includes sections of Asturian Ethnography, Heraldry, Medieval and Modern Epigraphy, Spanish Numismatics, a European Medal Section, and Armor.
While owned by the Spanish State, its management was transferred to the regional administration in 1991.[1]
The museum underwent a series of refurbishment works beginning in 2004, being reinaugurated and reopened to the public on March 21, 2011.[2][3]
- ^ García de Castro Valdés 2011, p. 50.
- ^ "El Museo Arqueológico de Asturias inaugura su ampliación". Ministerio de Cultura de España. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ "La Ministra de Cultura y el Presidente del Principado de Asturias inauguran hoy el Museo Arqueológico de Asturias". Museo Arqueológico de Asturias. 21 March 2011. Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2016.