The Provincial Museum of Ciudad Real (Spanish: Museo Provincial de Ciudad Real) is a paleontology and archaeology museum in Ciudad Real, Spain. It is jointly operated with the fine arts museum housed in the Convent of La Merced.
Museo Provincial de Ciudad Real | |
Established | 15 March 1982 |
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Location | Ciudad Real, Spain |
Coordinates | 38°59′10″N 3°55′45″W / 38.986204°N 3.929173°W |
Type | Archaeology, paleontology museum |
The project was awarded to the architect Carlos Luca de Tena, while building works took place from 1976 to 1978.[1] It was opened to public on 15 March 1982.[2] After reform works between 1993 and 1995, the museum was reopened on 29 March 1995.[3] New reform works started in 2007 and the section of Fine Arts was relocated to the Convent of La Merced .[4] The museum was thus reopened again on 27 September 2013.[5]
The archaeological section exhibits an important set of paleolithic items, chiefly coming from private collections.[6] The Chalcolithic and Bronze Age feature bell beaker pottery and stone arrowheads.[6] The items from the later period also include Bronze Age warrior stelae discovered in the province of Ciudad Real, as recently as that found in Chillón in 2018.[7][8]
A reconstruction of an Anancus skeleton found in Las Higueruelas constitutes the landmark item of the museum.[3]