Museo de Malaga - Plaza de la Aduana
Located a short stroll from the Roman Theatre Ruins, the Museum of Malaga is housed in an attractive imposing building on Plaza de la Aduana.
Encompassing a collection of archaeological artifacts and a fine art collection, I spent a few hours browsing the collection and also enjoying the surroundings of the magnificent building. The archaeological artifacts are laid out in a setting more akin to a cataloged back area repository of a museum but this makes for a pleasant walk through of the different areas within the museum. There are really excellent examples of Roman mosaic tile work which were of great interest to me because of my father being a master tiler who specialized in mosaic tile work!
Above the archaeology floors is the art collection which is laid out by the creation timeline. There is a room full of Picasso studies which I had a good look at with lots more Spanish artistic greats.
This museum has loads to see and is excellent for families or mixed groups. The restored building alone is worth a visit - there is a magnificent center courtyard and the most gorgeous marble staircases within. It is an architectural gem in the ciudad of Malaga. There is also a restaurant and the top of the building and a cafe downstairs where we would have stopped off for a little refreshment but both are unfortunately closed at the moment but will hopefully open up shortly when the country begins to welcome back tourists.
All in all we had a lovely afternoon visiting this museum and I highly recommend you put it on your list of must sees if you plan to visit Malaga!
