San Idelfonso Glass
The products created in The Royal Factory of San Ildefonso's Crystals, such as oil lamps, chandeliers, hanging objects and even optical products, are known the world over.
-Glass from the Farm, 18th and 19th centuries:
Several rooms make up this exhibition, which has more than 350
pieces of different types and decorations.
-European glass, 16th to 19th centuries:
Collection of European bottles and containers, some with an identification
seal of the proprietor, the manufacturer or the merchant, with
some contributions from other continents, destined for all different
types of uses.
-Contempory artistic glass:
Glass pieces carried out by artists from our times, using different
creative and technical conceptions with work by creators from
other countries.
-Temporary exhibitions:
Exhibitions on historic and contemporary glass from different
countries and cultures are organised.
-Scientific glass:
Pieces from laboratories and chemists, in varied forms designed
for a whole host of uses are on show.
-Technological exhibition:
The Nave de Hornos and the Central Patio contain a technological
exhibition. There are three concepts: the shape, the material
and the use.
Different types of machinery from the 18th to 20th centuries, instruments, raw materials, materials, pieces and casts can be seen in varied stages and when transformed into glass. In the Pirámide de Cristal of the Cúpula Oeste there is a sample of the historic casts which complete the collection
-Mirror theatre:
In the interior there are triangular mirrors, in the centre there
is an historic amphora of the Real Fábrica.
-Ovens workshops audiovisual:
The craftsmen and glassmakers can be seen at work in the ovens
and workshops. In the audiovisual room films are shown about different
themes related to the world of glass.