Museo de Soldaditos de Plomo L'Iber
The Museo de Soldaditos de Plomo L'Iber is a public historical museum in the Spanish city of Valencia .
The museum is located in the historic Palacio de Malferit , a mansion from the 14th and early 15th centuries in the old town of Valencia.
It is the largest museum in the world that houses a collection of miniature lead and pewter figures . The museum opened in 2007 and owes its creation to the private collection of the Valencian businessman Álvaro Noguera Giménez , who had collected more than a million figures before his death.
In 14 rooms with an exhibition area of more than 1000 m², over 95,000 particularly historically significant pieces are shown. The collections are arranged according to subject area and show the world history of lead and tin figures, such as from the time of the prehistoric dinosaurs to the Iraq war, from Alexander the Great, imperial Rome, the Middle Ages from Tirant Lo Blanch, a journey through the history of Spain with its royal guards and soldiers and the period of civil war, extraordinary Corpus Christi processions , cultures of the Colombians and Egyptians, from the Carlist Wars to the latest international conflicts. Temporary exhibitions complete the museum program.
The current museum director Alejandro Noguera Borel , the son of Álvaro Noguera Giménez, is a well-known Spanish historian and archaeologist.
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- ↑ L'Iber Museo de Soldaditos de Plomo on valencia.es
Coordinates: 39 ° 28 ′ 36.1 ″ N , 0 ° 22 ′ 41.5 ″ W.