Pontevedra Museum
Museo de Pontevedra | |
The Fernández López Building extension (2002) | |
Former name | Pontevedra Provincial Museum |
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| Established | 30 December 1927 |
| Location | Pontevedra, Spain |
| Coordinates | 42°25′57″N 8°38′35″W / 42.43250°N 8.64306°W |
| Type | Art museum, Archaeology museum, Ethnographic museum |
| Visitors | 188,600 (2023) |
| Director | Mª Ángeles Tilve Jar |
| Owner | Provincial Deputation of Pontevedra |
| Website | museo |
The Pontevedra Museum (formerly the Pontevedra Provincial Museum) is a museum in the Galician city of Pontevedra in Spain. It was founded by the Provincial Deputation of Pontevedra on 30 December 1927 and has six buildings for its exhibitions. It has permanent and temporary exhibition rooms. The museum's collections are multidisciplinary, classified into rooms for painting, sculpture, archaeology, decorative arts, engraving and ethnography.
The Pontevedra Museum was declared a Cultural Interest Property on 1 March 1962. It was awarded the Gold Medal of Galicia in 1996.