A guide to the top museums on the Costa Calida, where you can discover the history, culture and tradition of the fascinating Murcia Region of Spain. Ideal places to visit for families with children, where you have fun and education rolled into one.
CARTAGENA
Arqua Museum
The National Museum of Underwater Archeology, ARQUA, located by the sea in the port of Cartagena, gives visitors the opportunity to take a journey through history, discovering the different cultures that have populated the Mediterranean. The Museum unveils fascinating remains of an underwater cultural heritage that has been carefully protected, excavated and preserved for your viewing.
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Naval Museum
The Naval Museum of Cartagena in the Region of Murcia, is located right on the city’s seafront. It is a historic building from the mid-18th century, the former Prisoners & Slaves Barracks, from the work of the military engineer Mateo Vodopich. The Naval Museum of Cartagena preserves collections of a unique and varied nature, linked to different fields and disciplines of naval history as well as aspects related to the Navy today.
CARTAGENA
Military Museum
The Military Museum located in the heart of Cartagena, on the Costa Calida, is a beautiful building formed by four pavilions and a central courtyard. The museum is distributed in several rooms over two floors, covering the history of the different aspects from the army, focusing especially on artillery weapons. This museum is an ideal place to visit with children, being highly educational and fun at the same time.
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City Museum
The City Museum, or Museo de la Ciudad, is conveniently located right in the heart of Murcia City Centre. Once inside this beautiful period building, you will be taken on a journey through the Murcian cultural heritage, discovering its history, arts and crafts. Along with the guided tours of the museum, they also hold regular temporary exhibitions, workshops and concerts. A fascinating place to visit while exploring the city of Murcia.
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Archaeological Museum
The Archaeological Museum of Murcia within its beautiful building, is a historical landmark of Murcia. An institution with a long history in the conservation of archaeological and artistic heritage. Housing notable collections from various archaeological sites in the Murcia region, the museum consists of sixteen fascinating rooms, including the Paleolithic period, the Bronze Age, the Ancient and Middle Ages.
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Science Museum
The Science & Water Museum known as Museo de la Ciencia y el Agua, is situated in the heart of Murcia City Centre, close to other popular local places of interest. The museum is a public institution devoted to promote scientific knowledge among the general public in a fun and interactive way. It makes an ideal and educational visit for families with children, with one of the highlights being The Planetarium shows.
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Fine Arts Museum
The Museum of Fine Arts, also known as MUBAM – Museo de Bellas Artes de Murcia, is located on the old side of the Trinidad Convent, in the Santa Eulalia neighborhood. The building was inaugurated in 1910, and after several renovations it now holds two amazing spaces; The Cerdan Pavilion for the museums permanent collection of 19th to 20th century paintings, and the Contrast Pavilion for temporary exhibitions.
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Santa Clara
The Santa Clara Museum is located in the heart of Murcia city centre and occupies the north wing of the Santa Clara Convent. The enchanting architectural complex has gone from being a palatial residence for Islamic nobility during the 12th and 13th centuries to a religious building and convent since the 14th century. A visit to this museum gives you an insight into the remote world of a convent, while admiring historical Islamic art of Murcia.
ALHAMA DE MURCIA
Los Baños
Museo Arqueologico Los Baños is located in the historical town of Alhama de Murcia. It is an archaeological museum designed to preserve the remains of the Roman Baths of Alhama de Murcia. As you walk around the museum and its grounds, you are immersed in history through the splendid architecture, water feature gardens, the Roman rooms and their reuse in the Islamic and Christian periods, and you will discover the remains of the 19th century spa hotel.
CIEZA
Siyasa Museum
This history museum in Cieza, Murcia has a collection and exhibition of more than 90,000 objects related to archaeology, art, science and ethnography. It houses archaeological objects and remains from the Palaeolithic to recent times. Particularly noteworthy is the Andalusian period thanks to the remains of the Medina Siyasa settlement. The remains of rock art from the Palaeolithic to the Bronze Age are also collected.
JUMILLA
Wine Museum
A new and unique way of experiencing wine in Jumilla, where past and present become one. Open to the public since September 2018, with a surface area of 1,500 m2, this museum is prestigiously located in the heart of the Regional Park of the Sierra del Carche. It houses the great history of the wine culture of Jumilla, a tour that chronologically, collects each and every one of the tasks and works related to the vine and wine.
ÁGUILAS
Aquarium & Museum
The CIMAR (Centro de Interpretacion del Mar) and Aquarium in Águilas on the Costa Calida, gives an interesting insight into the town of Águilas and its marine life that exists in this part of the Mediterranean. The museum consists of three visiting areas; a nineteen metre fishing boat providing a historical tour of fishing life in Águilas, the Aquarium which houses a variety of local marine species and tropical fish, and an educational museum area.