Pontevedra Museum

Pontevedra Museum
Museo de Pontevedra
The Fernández López Building extension (2002)
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Former name
Pontevedra Provincial Museum
Established30 December 1927; 96 years ago (1927-12-30)
LocationPontevedra, Spain
Coordinates42°25′57″N 8°38′35″W / 42.43250°N 8.64306°W / 42.43250; -8.64306
TypeArt museum, Archaeology museum, Ethnographic museum
Visitors188,600 (2023)[1]
DirectorMª Ángeles Tilve Jar
OwnerProvincial Deputation of Pontevedra
Websitemuseo.depo.gal

The Pontevedra Museum (formerly the Pontevedra Provincial Museum) is a museum in the Galician city of Pontevedra in Spain. It was founded by the Provincial Deputation of Pontevedra on 30 December 1927 and has six buildings for its exhibitions.[2] It has permanent and temporary exhibition rooms. The museum's collections are multidisciplinary, classified into rooms for painting, sculpture, archaeology, decorative arts, engraving and ethnography.

The Pontevedra Museum was declared a Cultural Interest Property on 1 March 1962.[3] It was awarded the Gold Medal of Galicia in 1996.[4]

  1. ^ "188.599 personas visitaron el Museo de Pontevedra el pasado año". Pontevedra Viva (in Spanish). 4 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Visita los seis edificios del Museo de Pontevedra". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 26 November 2018.
  3. ^ "La provincia de Pontevedra destaca por sus BICs". Diario de Pontevedra (in Spanish). 9 August 2021.
  4. ^ "El Museo de Pontevedra, Medalla de Oro de Galicia". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 1 July 2018.