Holidays to Palma Majorca
Museums
Museums - A CITY OPEN TO CULTURE
Palma, a city of cultural conservation and innovation. The great number of venues dedicated to the creation and conservation of culture and art make a big impression on the visitor.
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MUSEU DE MAJORCA
FUNDACIÓ PILAR I JOAN MIRÓ
MUSEU DIOCESÀ
CASA MUSEU J. TORRENS LLADÓ
CAN MARQUÉS
MUSEU DE LA SEU
ES BALUARD
MUSEU DE LA CIUTAT (CASTELL DE BELLVER)
MUSEU MILITAR DE SANT CARLES
MUSEU DE MAJORCA
Address: Carrer de la portella, 5
Housed in what was once the house of the Count of Ayamans, the museum
displays collections of Archaeology,
Fine Art and Decorative Art, as well
as a magnificent collection of Gothic
retables belonging to the Luliana
Archaeological Society.
Opening hours:
Tuesday to Saturday: 10.00-19.00.
Sundays: 10.00-14.00.
Mondays and public holidays closed.
Admission 2,40 euro
Tel. (+34) 971 717540
FUNDACIÓ PILAR I JOAN MIRÓ
Address: Joan de Saridakis, 29
The Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró
has a permanent exhibition of the
Miró collection and temporary exhibitions
of other artists’ work. It
consists of several buildings housing
the galleries, studios, a library,
document centre… The premises
of the Foundation are the result
of a design by the architect Rafael
Moneo in 1992. Although Catalan,
Joan Miró always had close
ties with the island, finally settling
down in Cala Major in 1956. The
Foundation, established in 1981,
is one outcome of these links.
Today, the Foundation is also a
dynamic cultural centre where
cultural activities of every description
are organised for young and
old.
ACTIVITIES
The Foundation organises talks,
courses, and seminars, as well as
educational activities for children
and young people. Tél. (+34) 971
701420.
Opening hours:
Tuesday to Saturday: 10.00-
18.00 (Winter) / 19.00 (Summer)
Sundays and public holidays:
10.00–15.00
Mondays: closed.
Admission–Residents: 1,80 euros.
Non residents: 5 euros.
MUSEU DIOCESÀ
Address: Carrer d’en Calders, 2
Temporarily housed in St Peter’s
Chapel, in the ‘Casa de la Iglesia’
– the old seminary. Displays of
works of art from the cathedral
and churches and monasteries
of Majorca: Gothic, Renaissance
and Baroque paintings
and sculpture; silver and decorative
art.
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 10.00-13.00
& 16.00-19.00
Sunday and public
holidays closed
Admission 2 euro
Tel. (+34) 971 213100
CASA MUSEU J. TORRENS
LLADÓ
Address: Carrer de la Portella, 9
This gallery was opened in 2002
and exhibits both the house of
the painter J. Torrents Lladó, as
it was when he lived there, and
over 100 of his paintings. There
are also temporary exhibition
rooms.
Opening hours:
Tuesday to Friday: 10.00 - 18.00
Saturdays: 10.00-14.00
Admission
3 euro
Tel. (+34) 971 729835
CAN MARQUÉS
Address: Carrer Zanglada, 2
This part of the building, which
was previously joined to number
2 of the same street, conserves
many Modernist details that are
to be seen in the decoration of the
courtyard and the stairway, which
is the part of the original 17th century
courtyard that has been most
subject to change. At present the
house can be visited as a museum.
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 10.00-15.00
Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays closed
Admission 6 euro
MUSEU DE LA SEU
Address: Plaça de l’Almoina
The museum is in the ground floor
of the bell tower of the Cathedral
(13th – 14th century) and both
the chapterhouses: the Gothic
14th century one and the Baroque
18th century chapterhouse. It has
a collection of Gothic sculpture,
painting and silver, and Baroque
sculpture and silver.
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 10.00-18.15
Saturdays: 10.00-14.00
Tel.
(+34) 971 723130
ES BALUARD
Address: Plaça de la Porta de Santa
Catalina, 10
A variety of collections and visiting
exhibitions of modern and contemporary
art.
Opening hours:
Tuesday to Sunday
10.00-20.00. Tel. (+34) 971
908200
MUSEU DE LA CIUTAT (CASTELL DE BELLVER)
Address: Camilo José Cela, s /n
This museum is inside Bellver castle
and shows the visitor Palma’s history
and how the city evolved from
the Bronze Age to the present day.
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 8.00-19.15.
Admission: 1,80 euro
Tel. (+34)
971 730657
MUSEU MILITAR DE SANT CARLES
Address: Dic de l’Oest. Porto Pi
The defense tower of the harbor of Porto Pi, castle of Sant Carles, was constructed in the 18th Century. Inaugurated in 1981, the museum shelters a collection of war pieces and military weapons from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. It includes five exhibition rooms of old weapons.
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 9.00-13.00
Saturdays: 10.00-13.00
Sundays
and public holidays closed
Admission: 3 euro
Tel. (+34) 971
402145