Alicante Archaeological Museum

Museo Arqueológico Provincial de Alicante
*Archaeological Museum of the Province of Alicante*
	; Main facade of the museum
Data
place	Alicante , Spain
Art	archeology
architect	Juan Vidal
opening	Original opening: 1932; Renovation: 2000
Number of visitors (annually)	21,834 ; (in the period January - March 2013)
operator	The Fundación de la Comunitat Valenciana MARQ
management	General Director ; Francisco Sirvent Belando ; Technical Director ; Manuel Olcina Domenech ; Exhibition Director; Jorge Soler Díaz ; Collection Director ; Rafael Azuar Ruiz
Website	marqalicante.com

The Archaeological Museum of the Province of Alicante ( Spain ) (officially in Spanish: Museo Arqueológica Provincial de Alicante or MARQ ) was inaugurated in its current form in 2000 . Five halls are dedicated to different eras: prehistory , Iberian culture , Roman culture , medieval and modern . There are special exhibitions in three other halls. In 2004 , after the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, it was the second museum in Spain to receive the European Museum of the Year award .

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Data
Main facade of the museum
place	Alicante , Spain
Art	archeology
architect	Juan Vidal
opening	Original opening: 1932 Renovation: 2000
Number of visitors (annually)	21,834 (in the period January - March 2013)
operator	The Fundación de la Comunitat Valenciana MARQ
management	General Director Francisco Sirvent Belando Technical Director Manuel Olcina Domenech Exhibition Director Jorge Soler Díaz Collection Director Rafael Azuar Ruiz
Website	marqalicante.com