Museo de Pontevedra | |
Former name | Pontevedra Provincial Museum |
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Established | 30 December 1927 |
Location | Pontevedra, Spain |
Coordinates | 42°25′57″N 8°38′35″W / 42.43250°N 8.64306°W |
Type | Art museum, Archaeology museum, Ethnographic museum |
Visitors | 188,600 (2023)[1] |
Director | Mª Ángeles Tilve Jar |
Owner | Provincial Deputation of Pontevedra |
Website | museo |
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]