How many museums are there in Málaga City?
Five? Six?
Amazingly there are 13!
They range from two dedicated to Málaga’s most famous son, Pablo Ruiz Picasso, to a sub-branch of the Carmen Thyssen Art Gallery in Madrid; from the Pompidou Centre to various municipal museums; from a Glass Museum to Vintage Cars; from a Museum of Russian Art to another dedicated to Video Games.
Something for everyone and much more.
Photo: Museo Casa Natal Picasso
My Málaga Museum Visits to Date
I’m ashamed to say that the missus and I have only been to the two Picasso galleries, the Pompidou Centre and the Carmen Thyssen, although the queue for the latter was too long, so we gave up.
Museo Picasso Málaga
The Picasso Museum in Malaga opened in 2003. I’ve only been once. I like Picasso’s work a lot. I studied A-Level art and he was an important influence.
But, I have to say I was disappointed with the Museum. Not much of his famous stuff was in evidence.
I much prefer …..
….. Museo Casa Natal Picasso
This was Picasso’s birth house which is now a small museum. Located in Plaza de la Merced, it’s a delightful place, with a mix of art and memorabilia.
I’ve been several times.
Last year, with the Costa Press Club, of which I am a long-standing member, Rita and I also attended a private showing of “La Imagen de Picasso” at another house a few steps from the Casa Natal.
The exhibition was about the Press and media coverage of this somewhat controversial figure.
Centre Pompidou
This offshoot of the famous Paris gallery opened in 2015 in the re-furbished Port of Málaga was quite interesting and entrance was half/price for senior citizens. There is no permanent exhibition here, but temporary ones for a short season.
My "to-do list" for 2025
Of the Málaga museums I’ve not been to, the Museo Carmen Thyssen is definitely on the list, together with the Colección del Museo Ruso.
Away from the World of Art, I fancy the Museo del Vidrio y del Cristal and the Museo del Automóvil y la Moda.
Photos of the Glass Museum and the Car Museum [Turismo de Malaga]
I’ll give the OXO Museo del Videojuego a miss, I think. Video games are not really my thing!
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