Archaeological Museum of Córdoba

The Archaeological and Ethnological Museum of Cordoba is one of the archaeological museums with the largest repertoire of antiquities in Spain, being one of the most complete. The museum institution is the one that has the power to investigate, disseminate and preserve all the archaeological remains that are encompassed in Cordoba from Al-Andalus to prehistory.

The museum has eight rooms and three courtyards, so you can enjoy a journey through history and feel different times in each of its places, making it even more unique.

If you are thinking of visiting the Archaeological Museum of Cordoba, you can enjoy countless memories of history and observe in a concise way the evolution and different cultures that Cordoba has undergone throughout its great history.

Visiting the Archaeological Museum of Cordoba

In the following sections we will show you all the information you will need to visit the Archaeological Museum of Cordoba.

You will have to take into account its opening hours, location, how to get there and the price of admission. Once you have seen this, you will be able to enjoy the best visit to the Archaeological Museum of Cordoba.

Archaeological Museum of Cordoba

The opening hours of the Archaeological Museum of Cordoba are divided into two time slots throughout the year, as follows

July 1 to August 31

Tuesday to Sunday: 9:00 to 15:00 hours.

Holidays: 9:00 to 15:00 hours (Open all holidays, both national and local and holiday eves).

Mondays: Closed.

September 1 to June 30

Tuesday to Saturday: 9:00 to 21:00 hours.

Sundays and holidays: 9:00 to 15:00 hours.

Monday: Closed (Except holiday eves, with holiday schedule).

Closed on: January 1 and 6, May 1, and December 24-25-31.

Ticket Price Archaeological Museum of Cordoba

The price of tickets to the Archaeological Museum of Cordoba is:

Accredited citizens of the European Union: Free.

Other countries: 1.50 euros.

Location of the Archaeological Museum of Córdoba

The Archaeological Museum of Córdoba is located in the Plaza de Jerónimo Páez, nº 7, Córdoba.

How to get to the Archaeological Museum of Córdoba

To get to the Archaeological Museum of Cordoba, you can choose to go by bus or on foot.

To go to the Archaeological Museum of Cordoba by bus, you can take lines: 1, 12, 7 and O2.

History of the Archaeological Museum of Córdoba

Its origins date back to the nineteenth century, when the Minister Juan Alvarez Mendizabal decided to put into circulation different artistic works. In the year 1867 the Archaeological Museum of Cordoba was born, sharing place with the Museum of Fine Arts until the beginning of the 20th century, year 1920. In 1925 it moved to a new location near the Cathedral Mosque of Cordoba, and it was not until 1960 when it moved to its final location, the Renaissance palace of the Paez de Castillejo.

In 1962, both the building and the museum’s collection were declared a Historic-Artistic Monument. With this, the Archaeological Museum of Cordoba became one of the most complete archaeological museums in Spain, collecting antiquities from past eras and bringing together in an exceptional way the history of Cordoba.

As a result of this museum, a service of urban archaeology, a library specialized in archaeology and a magazine called “Corduba Archaeologica” were created in Cordoba. The last remodeling of the building took place in 1998 as a result of an international competition of ideas for the construction of a building for this museum, winning the prize to the architectural and engineering team IDOM. Its remodeling was inaugurated on January 31, 2011.

Works at the Córdoba Archaeological Museum

The works of the Archaeological Museum of Cordoba date from prehistoric times to the late Middle Ages. It has about 33500 pieces in its inventory. The best known of them are encompassed in:

• Andalusian numismatic collections.
• Neolithic ceramics from the south of the province of Cordoba.
• Funerary tombstones of gladiators (being the most complete after the one from Rome).
• Mosaics (more than 600 specimens).

Columnar sarcophagus of the Archaeological Museum of Cordoba

This paleochristian sarcophagus dates from the first third of the 4th century. It is decorated on its main face and lateral sides. It is possible to observe mutilations in the faces of the personages, linked to later processes of iconophobia. Of biblical theme, the themes from right to left are: Miracle of the Horeb stone of Moses, Original Sin, the multiplication of the loaves and fishes, the denial of Peter and the sacrifice of Isaac.

When was the Archaeological Museum of Cordoba built?

The Archaeological Museum of Cordoba was built in 1867. It was not until 2011 when the current building of the archaeological museum was inaugurated.

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