Salamanca Museums
Artilugios para Fascinar (Fascinate Gadgets).
Coleccion Basilio Martin Patino
Permanent exhibition of 200 machines belonging to a private collection
of the film maker salmantino Basilio Martin Patino. The machines
have been left in the film library and recount the story of audiovisual
media.
Address: FILMOTECA CASTILLA Y LEON. GONZALA SANTANA, 1
Province: Salamanca
Town: SALAMANCA
Didactic Collection of Pre-history and Archaeology
of Padre Belda
Liturgical instruments, pre-historic and proto-historic ceramics,
american-indian and from other European countries.
Address: MONASTERIO DE SAN LEONARDO. CTRA. DE GALINDUSTE, S/N.
SEMINARIO DE SAN JERONIMO
Town: ALBA DE TORMES
Logia Masonica
Objects seized by the masons during the civil war of 1936-39.
Address: GIBRALTAR, 2
Town: SALAMANCA
Museo Art Nouveau y Art Deco / Casa Lis
More than 1600 pieces forming 19 collections. The following are
particulary noteworthy:
Colección de Vidrios (glass work): with works by Emile
Gallé, René Lalique, the Daum brothers and Charles
Schneider.
Colección de Crisolefantinas (Chryselephantine): bronze
and ivory statues by artists such as Chiparus, Preiss, Poerzel
and Colinet.
Colección de Muebles (furniture): with pieces from the
Escuela Francesa de Nancy (Emile Gallé and Louis Majorelle)
and from the Escuela Catalana (Gaspar Homar and Joan Busquets).
Colección de Muñecas de Porcelana (porcelain dolls),
consisting of French and German dolls.
Also includes porcelain collections, jugs, enamel work, bronze,
bathroom objects, toys, fans, textiles, old postcards and paintings.
Address: GIBRALTAR, 14
Province: Salamanca
Town: SALAMANCA
Museo de Salamanca / Museo de Bellas Artes
Pictorial work by several authors from the 14th century to the
present day. Featuring "el descendimiento" ("the
descent") by Luis Morales, "San Andres" (saint
andrew) by Juan de Flandes and "retrato de Unamuno"
("portrait of Unamuno") by Echevarria. Canvases from
the 16th and 17th centuries.
Address: CASA DE LOS DOCTORES DE LA REINA. PATIO DE LAS ESCUELAS
MENORES, 2
Province: Salamanca
Town: SALAMANCA
Museo Mateo Hernandez
Collection of sculptures in "talla directa" by Mateo
Hernandez, around 50 pieces. Around 30 pieces by the sculptor
bejarano Francisco Gonzalez Macias and works by Mariano Amaya.
Prize winners in the biennial exhibition of Béjar since
1994
Address: PZA. MARTIN MATEOS
Town: BEJAR
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