Museo Arqueológico del Puerto de La Cruz

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Entrance side of the museum, Calle El Lomo
Clay pot with spout

The Museo Arqueológico del Puerto de La Cruz is an archaeological museum in the city of Puerto de la Cruz on the island of Tenerife . The museum's collection contains finds and replicas from the time of the Guanches , the indigenous people of the island of Tenerife before the conquest by Castilians at the end of the 15th century.

Creation of the museum

In 1953, the “Instituto de Estudios Hispánicos de Canarias” in Puerto de la Cruz set up the “Sala de Arqueología Canaria Luis Diego Cuscoy” to exhibit the collection of Luis Diego Cuscoy. This previous facility of the museum was closed in 1958. In 1991 the collection was reopened as a municipal museum, expanded to include other donated private collections and individual items. The museum has been redesigned several times.

Location of the museum

The museum is located in a building from the turn of the 18th to the 19th century in the “La Ranilla” district of Puerto de la Cruz. This district is today characterized by tourism. This means that the museum also addresses tourists as a target group. The six exhibition rooms are arranged around a covered patio .

Content of the exhibition

A replica of a guanche cave can be seen in the first room. In the second room, the production of clay pots at the time of the Guanches is shown by means of text panels and a video presentation. In the third room there is a large number of different clay pots on display. In the fourth room restorations of amphorae are shown. The fifth room is dedicated to jewelry. There is also an object found in 1885 known as the Guatimac . The significance of the object for the Guanches has not been scientifically clarified. In a sixth room, which can be viewed through an opening, there is a replica of a guanche mummy .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife) is organized as a sábado una "viviente" at the Museo Arqueológico. europa press, May 14, 2009, accessed March 5, 2019 (Spanish).
  2. ↑ EXPOSICION PERMANENTE ( Memento of August 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Website of the Museo Arqueológico del Puerto de La Cruz (Spanish)

Web links

Commons : Museo Arqueológico del Puerto de la Cruz  - Collection of images

Coordinates: 28 ° 25 ′ 1.5 ″  N , 16 ° 33 ′ 9.1 ″  W.