Seville

Seville Museums

Fine Arts Museum
Plaza del Museo, 9
Tel.: (95) 422 07 90

Set up in the old Convent of la Merced, built in the 18th century by Juan de Oviedo, it is arranged around three patios.

It's one of the most important picture-collections in Spain, with great works of Murillo, Ribera, El Greco, Pacheco, Roelas, Herrera, Zurbarán, Valdés Leal, among others.
The Fine Arts Museum has itself art studios for restorement, temporary exhibition areas, bookstores, libraries, a research center, archives, photographs, a conference hall, and a café.

Archeological Museum
Plaza de América (María Luisa Park)
Tel.: (95) 423 24 01

The Provincial Archeological Museum, is found in the Plaza de America in Maria Luisa Park in the building made by Aníbal González as the Fine Arts Pavillion for the Iberoamerican Exposition in 1929.
From the abundant pieces found in its halls, we must mention the Roman ruins from Itálica. One of its highlights being the "Carambol-Treasure" of the old-iberian tribe Tartessos , dating of 7 th or 8 th century before Christ.

Museum of Arts and Popular Customs
Plaza de América (María Luisa Park)
Tlfno.: (95) 423 25 76


Ethnological museum with interesting objects from all Andalusia.

Contemporary Art Museum
Santo Tomás, 5
Tel.: (95) 421 58 30

The Contemporary Art Museum joined in 1994 the Andalusian Center of Contemporary Art. It consists of paintings, sculpture, pottery, drawings, tapestry and works of art from 20th century Spanish artists, among others of Bacarisas, Barbadillo, Caballero, Cortijo, Gordillo, Gerrero and Mateos.

Bullfighting Museum
Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla.
Paseo Colón, 12.

The Bullfithting Museum was created in 1989 by the support of the Real Maestranza de Caballería. It is found between the walls of the ring. This museum shows dresses of famous bullfighters, trophies, photos and other objects of the world of bullfighting.

Naval Museum
Torre del Oro. Paseo Colón.
Tel.: (95) 422 24 19

We can not forget the Naval Museum located in the popular Torre del Oro. This museum displays a collection of maps and antiques related to the naval history of Seville.

Regional Military Museum
Puerta de Aragón; Plaza de España.

It hosts the funds of the former Artillery Factory and the Military Explosive Factory including important collections of maps, flags, weapons and wooden crafts from Cuba, the Philippines and Puerto Rico.

The Archives of the Indies
Avenida de la Constitución.
Tel.: (95) 421 12 34


The Archives of the Indies are situated in the old "Casa de la Lonja". The plans of the monument finished at the end of the 16th century were from Juan de Herrera, the architect of the Escorial. The Archives of the Indies opened in 1785, although the building was already 200 years old. Inside is the world's largest collection of records, journals, maps drawings and other documents covering Spanish discovery, exploration, conquest, and colonization of what was called "The New World". 

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