Museums and galleries in Las Palmas

Museums and galleries in Las Palmas

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   Casa-Museo Pérez Galdós

   The birth house of Benito Pérez Galdós (1843-1920), one of the most famous Spanish 19th-century novelists, now a museum displaying his life and works.

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   Castillo de la Luz

   A 16th-century fortification that was built to fend off pirate attacks. Today it's surrounded by a rose garden and since the 1960s it houses a cultural centre - Fundación de Arte y Pensamiento Martín Chirino - and a shipping museum.

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   Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno

   CAAM

   The former Banco de España building has been a modern art museum since 1989, housing a collection of about 2,500 works mainly from Europe, Africa and the Americas.

   free

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   Columbus house museum

   Casa Museo de Colón

   The house where Columbus lived when his ships were repaired and improved for his first journey to the West Indies, at the time the house was the residence of the governor. It was remodeled in 1777 so it looks a bit different now and like the cathedral you can see details from many architectural styles. Opera tenor Alfredo Kraus (whose name the local concert hall bears) was born in this house in 1927. In 1952 the house was turned into a museum presenting the travels of Columbus with ship models, a replica of a cabin of La Niña (one of Columbus three ships) and objects one could find onboard a ship in the late 15th century. There's also an exhibition of the history of the Canary Islands, and art gallery presenting art from the 16th to the 20th century and a library with about 25,000 volumes.

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   Elder Museum of Science and Technology

   Museo Elder de la Ciencia y la Tecnología

   Interactive science museum, with a planetarium, a space station replica and a 3D cinema. Most exhibitions have information in both Spanish and English. When you're in, you can also use the Internet computers there, so the entrance fee is pretty decent. Students and children have a lower entrance fee.

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   Ermita de San Antonio Abad

   A former church built in 1757 on the site of a chapel where according to legend Columbus prayed before setting sail westwards. It is used as an exhibition space for the Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno.

   Tue-Sat 10:00-21:00, Sun 10:00-14:00

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   Museo Canario

   Founded in 1879, this museum has the largest collections of objects from the island from the pre-Spanish era, with the oldest objects from about 500 BC. There are models of traditional houses, a replica of the Cueva Pintada cave in Gáldar complete with mummies and a cabinet with skulls.

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   Museo Néstor

   Art museum displaying the works of Néstor Martín-Fernández de la Torre (1887 - 1938), one of the most famous painters of the Canary Islands.

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Las Palmas (CC BY-SA 4.0).