Provincial Museum of Ciudad Real

Provincial Museum of Ciudad Real

Museo Provincial de Ciudad Real
Established	15 March 1982
Location	Ciudad Real, Spain
Coordinates	38°59′10″N 3°55′45″W / 38.986204°N 3.929173°W / 38.986204; -3.929173Coordinates: 38°59′10″N 3°55′45″W / 38.986204°N 3.929173°W / 38.986204; -3.929173
Type	Archaeology, paleontology museum

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.

History[]

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  [es].^[4] The museum was thus reopened again on 27 September 2013.^[5]

Collection[]

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]

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  Reconstruction of the Anancus arvernensis skeleton found in  [es]

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  Group of Bronze Age warrior stelae from Alamillo and Chillón

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  Iberian sphinx found in  [es]

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  Almohad clay bowls ( [es]) found in the  [es]

References[]

Citations

Bibliography

• Torre Echávarri, José Ignacio de la; Arias Sánchez, Esther (2017). "Historia del Museo de Ciudad Real" (PDF). Boletín del Museo Arqueológico Nacional. Madrid: Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 35: 869–884. ISSN 2341-3409.