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Seville
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- Museum of Arts
- Plaza del Museo, 9. Visits Tue-Sun 9a.m. to 3 p.m., Mon and Holidays closed.
One of the most important picture-collections in Spain, with great works of Murillo, Ribera, El Greco, Pacheco, Roelas, Herrera, Murillo, Zurbarán, Valdés Leal, among others.
- Museum of Contemporary Arts
- Santo Tomás, 5. Visits Tue-Fri 10 a.m. to 8 p.m, Sat, Sun 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Mon closed.
This museum is located in a palace that was restored recently and shows paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, etc. mainly of Spanish artists of 20th century, among others of Bacarisas, Barbadillo, Caballero, Cortijo, Gordillo, Gerrero and Mateos.
- Museum of Popular Customs
- Parque de Maria Luisa, Plaza de America. Visits Tue-Sun 9 a.m. to 2.30 p.m., Mon and Holidays closed.
Ethnological museum with interesting objects from all Andalucia.
- Archaeological Museum
- Parque de Maria Luisa, Plaza de America. Visits Tue-Sun 9 a.m. to 2.30 p.m., Mon and Holidays closed.
A highly interesting collection of archaeological findings, one of its highlights being the "Carambol-Treasure" of the old-iberian tribe Tartessos, dating of 7th or 8th century before Christ.
Very important are also the objects from Roman town Itálica, among others a colossal statue of the emperor Trajan (who by the way was born in Itálica).
- Museum in the Cathedral
- Visits Mon-Sat 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Numerous religious objects of inestimable historical and artistical value, paintings of Goya, Murillo, Pedro de Campaña and Luis de Vargas, sculptures of Martinez Montañés.
- Bullfight-Museum
- Real Plaza de Toros de la Maestranza. Visits daily 9.30 a.m to 8 p.m (May-Oct) and 9.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Nov-Apr).
Located in Seville's bullring, this museum shows dresses of famous bullfighters, trophies, photos and other objects of the world of bullfighting.
- Museum of Navigation
- Torre del Oro. Visits Tue-Fri 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sat, Sun 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Mondays and Holidays closed
- Army Museum
- Plaza de España. Visits Tue-Sat 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Cartuja Museum
- At the territory of EXPO '92. Visits from April, 1st to September, 30th, Tue-Sun 11 a.m. to 9 p.m, Mondays and Holidays closed.
- Museum of the Monastery Santa Paula
- Visits daily. 9a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
- Museum of the Basilica de la Macarena
- Visits daily 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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