About Archaeological museum Seville

This iconic archaeological museum was founded in 1879 by the Seville boards of the museum with the sole purpose of conserving the incredible collection of art, masterpieces, sculptures, mosaics, and other artifacts from churches and monasteries being plundered by the Mendizabal liberal government. Set in lovely settings at the Southern end of Maria Luisa Park, this museum is built in the Neo-Mudejar style which is confined to Seville only and provides an outstanding backstory to Seville and its earliest settlements. Starting with the Tartesos, passing by the Goths, the Moors, and finally the Christians this Museum with its incredible collection serves as the temple of learning for those into ancient archaeology.  

Set on three floors and 28 different rooms, it houses Paleolithic -Bronze age displays through Roman up to Medieval and Modern age. Every room has a distinct theme both in time and cultural relevance. The Roman artifacts from Italica have lots of Roman to middle age antiques, marble sculptures of many Gods and heroes in mythology such as Bacchus, Diane, Hercules and Zeus, a sculpture of the Goddess of love Aphrodite, Venus rising from the sea at the moment of her birth Sculptures of some of them are in Paros marble, the most famous marble ever for sculptures as the daylight has a penetration of 4.5 centimeters. That gives a kind of aura to the sculptures like the Venus of Milo or Herakles of Praxiteles. The ensemble of legal documents written on bronze has a huge interest for the curious amateurs.

Must See

  • The "Treasure of Carambola" dating to 650 BC and contains 21 crafted Phoenician jewelry, and ceramics, which were part of sacrifice by the Iberian 'Tartessier' tribe to one of the Gods
  • Splendid atypical carved lions, beautiful ancient sculptures
  • Some really fantastic statues and mosaics from Italica 
  • Two big and complete statues of Artemis and Apollo, objects of day-to-day life, coins, pottery, ceramics
  • Series of large bronze plaques inscribed with the laws which were in force in this province of the Roman Empire

How to reach

  By Bus:

1, 3, 6, 30, 31, 34, 37

By Subway:

Line 1 subway, Line 6 Bus. it takes 22 minutes and costs 2.80 to 2.94 Euros

By Taxi:

It takes 2 minutes and costs 4.45 to 5.29 Euros

By walk:

It takes 27 minutes

By Sevici public bikes:

Over 250 points to rent bikes for a weekly pass of 13.33 Euros

    

Tips

  • Museum map/leaflet is in English but the display labels are in Spanish only
  • There is no guide book, just a leaflet showing the rooms
  • There are volunteer guides for scholars and associations groups. Every Saturday one can go on a guided visit at 12:00 p.m.
  • Take note that it could be closed in case of bad weather. As you have to enter the museum through the gardens of Plaza de América, and the Plaza de América remains closed in bad weather; the museum in this scenario would be closed too
  • Photography is allowed and there is good lighting at the location
  • The Museum provides lockers, restrooms, and clean toilets

Visit Time

Sunday:             9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Monday:            Closed

Tuesday:           9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Wednesday:      9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Thursday:          9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Friday:               9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Saturday:           9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.


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Waiting Time

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Entrance Fee

Yes

 EU citizens with identity card:                        Free Entry  

Other nationalities:                                          1.50 Euros

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Time you can spend

1 to 2 hours

 

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Weather

Broken Clouds 20.58°C

 

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