11/12/2016
The tour guide Association of Malaga visits the Malaga Museum (7th of October 2016)
The Museum of Malaga, located in the “Palacio de la Aduana”, has opened its doors to the public on December 12. A historical date for the city to re-count with a gallery of such characteristics and that is called to be a true attraction not only cultural but also from a tourism development point of view. It is the 5th biggest museum of Spain and the largest of Andalusia.
The Museum of Malaga houses the collections of two important museums, the Museum of Fine Arts and the Provincial Archaeological Museum. It has more than 15,000 references of archeology and a large pictorial collection of 2,000 works produced in the 19th and 20th century.
The headquarters of the museum was the Customs Palace, designed in 1788. In neoclassical style (Italian Renaissance palaces style) with four cradles around a central portico courtyard. In addition to customs, it has been the headquarters of the Royal To***co Factory and Sub delegation of the Government of the province of Malaga.
As a whole, the museum has a magnificent section of Fine Arts, which includes canvases and sculptures by artists such as Luis de Morales, Luca Giordano, Murillo, Antonio del Castillo, Alonso Cano, Ribera, Velázquez, Vicente Carducho, Goya, Pedro de Mena or Zurbarán.
The institution holds what is considered one of the largest collections of nineteenth century painting of Spain, consisting of works by Sorolla, Carlos de Haes, Federico Madrazo, Esquivel, Vicente López Portaña or Ramón Casas, as well as several of the most celebrated members of the “Malagueña” Painting School: Moreno Carbonero, Enrique Simonet, Muñoz Degrain, José Nogales and Bernardo Ferrándiz.
In addition it owns an interesting collection of Spanish modern art until the decade of 1950 with works of Picasso, Rafael Canogar, Juan Barjola, Óscar Domínguez or Josep Guinovart, among others. The archaeological collection has funds of more than 15,000 pieces, which cover a historical period from the 8th century BC. to the Middle Ages.
In the last decades pieces have been added from the excavations carried out by the University of Malaga.
Members of the Tour Guides Association of Malaga Board have encouraged the management of the museum (Mrs. Maria Morente) to organize specialized courses for tour guides to be able to offer adequate information and have priority access to all information sources. It is expected to notice a massive affluence of local citizens during the first months after the opening of the Malaga Museum.
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Authors: Sergio Garrido & Daniel Stachel