Museums · Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Museo de la Naturaleza y Arqueología
museum of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- TypeMuseums
- WhereSanta Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
- AddressVia Fuente Morales
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About
About Museo de la Naturaleza y Arqueología
Museo de la Naturaleza y Arqueología (MUNA), (English: Museum of Nature and Archeology, formerly Spanish: Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Spanish: Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre) is a museum in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, (Canary Islands, Spain). It contains many significant archaeological finds and is considered the best repository of objects from the Pre-Castilian Canary Islands.
The museum also houses significant paleontological, botanical, entomological, and marine and terrestrial vertebrate collections, and is considered the best Natural Library of the Canary Islands. Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre integrates the Archaeological Museum of Tenerife, the Bioantropología's Canary Institute and the Museum of Natural Sciences of Tenerife.
The museum is located in the downtown area of Santa Cruz, in the former Civil Hospital, a building that constitutes an example of the neoclassical architecture of Canary Islands. The archaeological section was founded in 1958.
The museum holds the largest collection on the culture of the Guanche and also has one of the most modern methods of presentation of mummies, (announced in 2006 by the Cabildo de Tenerife through a communique). It is also an internationally renowned museum and has participated in international meetings on archeology, but its fame is mainly due to its formidable collection of Guanche mummies.
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Good to know
- Opening hours
- Tue-Sat 09:00-20:00 · Mon, Sun 10:00-17:00 from OpenStreetMap; check before you go
- Official website
- museosdetenerife.org
- Also listed as
- Landmarks
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