Art and Popular Customs Museum
Museo de Artes y Costumbres Populares

This attractive small museum is housed in the "Meson de la Victoria", a former 17th century inn, now attractively restored. The museum is on two floors and was created to give an insight into the past ways and customs of the people of the region.

The first rooms which display agricultural items, open out onto an attractive courtyard with tropical plants.

Archaeology Museum
Museo Arqueologico

Temporarily closed for relocation. The museum contains exhibitions from the prehistoric, Phoenician, Roman and Moorish times, plus ceramics, glassware, coins and Alcazaba models.

Picasso Museum
Museo Picasso

A short walk from the Cathedral on Calle San Augustín is the magnificent Buenavista Palace housing the Museo Picasso. Comprising 155 paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics and prints spanning Picasso's entire career, the bulk of the collection was donated by Cristina and Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, Picasso's daughter-in-law and grandson. The works include the heartfelt Paulo con gorro blanco (Paulo with a white cap), a portrait of his first born son painted in the early 1920s and Olga Kokhlova con mantilla (Olga Kokhlova with mantilla), a 1917 portrait of his certifiably insane first wife. The works are displayed in chronological order according to the periods that marked his development as an artist, from Blue and Rose to Cubism and beyond. During the restoration work, Roman and Moorish remains were discovered which are now on display at the museum. Calle San Agustín 8, open Tue-Thur and Sun 10am-8pm, Fri-Sat 10am-9pm.

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Contemporary Art Museum
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo

Located just behind the Alameda train station, this exciting modern art museum has a vast warehouse space of some 2,400 metres. The museum has a permanent collection comprising around 400 works which have been loaned by private collectors for periods of between three and five years. This is particularly notable for its works created between the 1950s and the present day with an emphasis on North American artists of the 1960s such as Lichtenstein and Stella. There is also a regular programme of temporary exhibitions dedicated to up-and-coming Spanish artists.

Alemania s/n, open Tues-Sun 10-8.

Military Museum
Museo Militar

There is a modest military museum located within the Castle. An interesting exhibit here is the small-scale model of the castle complex and Alcazaba which includes the 14th-century wall which has recently been restored.

Palacio de la Aduana

This grand building due east of the Cathedral houses the works which were formerly in the Museo de Málaga (originally housed in the Picasso Museum). The permanent collection includes some impressive paintings by Zurbarán and Murillo and there are frequent temporary exhibitions.

Paseo del Parque. Open Tue 3-8, Wed-Fri 9-8, Sat & Sun 9-3.

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