Provincial Museum of Ciudad Real

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 Convent of La Merced.[4] The museum was thus reopened again on 27 September 2013.[5]

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 Las Higueruelas
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  Group of Bronze Age warrior stelae from Alamillo and Chillón
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  Iberian sphinx found in Alarcos
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  Almohad clay bowls (ataifores) found in the castle of Alarcos

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.