41°59′19″N 2°49′35″E / 41.9887°N 2.8265°E
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya a Girona (MAC Girona) | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Museu_d%27Arqueologia_de_Catalunya.svg) | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Fachada_del_Museu_Arqueologia_de_Catalunya.jpg) | |
 | |
| Established | 1857 |
|---|---|
| Location | Sant Pere de Galligants c/ Santa Llúcia, 8 Girona |
| Type | Archaeology museum |
| Visitors | 120.048 (2017)[1] |
| Director | Dr. Ramon Buxó Capdevila |
| Owner | Generalitat de Catalunya |
| Website | www |
The Archaeology Museum of Catalonia in Girona (Catalan: Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya a Girona, MAC Girona) is one of the five venues of the Archaeology Museum of Catalonia, located in the Sant Pere de Galligants Benedictine abbey of Girona since its foundation in 1857.[2] It contains materials found during archaeological excavations at various sites in the province of Girona, dating from prehistory to the Middle Ages.
The museum was founded as the Provincial Museum of Antiquities and Fine Arts in 1846 by the Provincial Monument Commission, and is therefore one of the oldest museums in Catalonia. Between 1846 and 1857 the Museum had several different locations, until Sant Pere de Galligants monastery in 1857, where it has remained until today, and where it was given the name by which it is popularly known.
- ^ "Cultural Statistics of Catalonia". Government of Catalonia. November 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ AADD (2010). Museus i Centres de Patrimoni Cultural a Catalunya. Barcelona: Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya. p. 64. ISBN 978-84-393-5437-6.