In our city, Valladolid there are a lot of museums these
are most of them, the most important ones:
The National Museum College de San Gregorio, it has many great works
of Spanish sculpture, mainly Berruguete and authors such as Alonso, Juan
de Juni, Gregorio Fernández and Pedro de Mena, including painting
sculptural quality as part of steps in the Easter processions.
Diocesan Museum and Cathedral of Valladolid is in the interior of the
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption. Opened in 1965 by initiative of
the then Archbishop of Valladolid. Inside are works from mostly cathedral
treasure and extinct parishes of the Archdiocese of Valladolid:
sculptures, paintings, jewelry, marbles, ornaments or memorials.
Museum of Contemporary Art Patio Herreriano, an important reference in
the dissemination of contemporary art since its foundation, and opened
in June 2002.
Anatomical Museum: Founded in 1917 by Salvino Sierra Hall School
anatomical Medicine. It can be admired pieces of natural and artificial
human anatomy, animal skulls skeletons as well as tools and equipment
related to medicine.
Don’t be scared, this one is made of wax!
Museum of Natural Sciences: It has 5,102 pieces distributed by half
rooms, made up mainly with scientific and educational criteria. There are
collections of Natural Sciences, Botany, Zoology and Geology. The
museum has a permanent exhibition, through the rooms are different
aspects of science, starting with its digital planetarium, one of the most
modern in the world, which enables all types of exhibitions.
Now we have a temporary exhibit about dinosaurs.
It includes the River House, which is the
first inland aquarium in Spain. Pick up
the flora and fauna in different tanks
Pisuerga where you can see the same
species are already extinct.
Museum of Cavalry Academy: Was created in 1976. Exhibiting paintings,
also you can see and fire weapons, paintings, miniatures, military,
uniforms, saddles, etc.
The Oriental Museum: It was founded in 1908. Pick up an extraordinary
collection of Chinese and Philippine art since the 2nd century to 19th
century. It is one of the largest collections of Oriental art that can be
admired in Europe, and the most complete in Spain.
Valladolid University Museum: Located in the St. Ambrose Chamber of
the Palace of Santa Cruz. The permanent collection houses an exhibit of
objects relating to the history of the university and its documentary
heritage ophthalmic instruments and anatomical, archaeological and
religious signs, school furniture, minute books, manuscripts, bulls and
authorizations to teach nature studies civil and religious, and a small
collection of paintings.
Bullfighting Museum: located in the former ticket office of the Bullring, is a
space that makes a journey through the history of bullfighting from
prehistory to the present .
Cubero Museum: This is the first museum in the world fudge. You can see
reproductions of sugar in the most important monuments of Valladolid.
Our town hall
should be delicious! ;D
There are also 3 museum houses you can visit:
• Cervantes House Museum: It is located in the building occupied by the
writer Miguel de Cervantes during his stay in Valladolid between 1604
and 1606, which coincided with the publication of the first edition of Don
Quixote in 1605.
• Zorrilla House: It is the birthplace of the poet José Zorrilla on February
21, 1817 and which continuously lived his entire childhood, and
sporadically throughout his life, and during his return from Mexico in 1866.
• Columbus House Museum: It is located on Columbus Street and was
erected in 1968 in memory of Admiral Christopher Columbus and a
museum dedicated to his memory