This Museum was founded in 1873 thanks to Don Valentín Carderera. Since 1968 it has been part of the ancient Sertoriana University. This Baroque building is octagonal in shape and was erected in the XVII century as the headquarters of what was then the Huesca University, next to buildings belonging to the ancient Mediaeval Palace of the Aragon Kings. It conserves archaeological and fine arts samples from all parts of the province. Its strange octagonal shape around an interior patio with porticos includes four Archaeology halls, with a clearly didactic approach in their exhibits, and four spaces for Fine Arts. The outer buildings of the ancient Royal Palace hold temporary exhibitions. The so-called Bell Room is of particular note; it was supposedly the scene of the tragic outcome of the Huesca Bell Legend in Mediaeval times. The Archaeology section contains findings from periods comprising pre-historical to Mediaeval eras, and the Fine Arts section offers a famous collection of pictorical works from between the XV and XX centuries, the most outstanding being the Gothic painting, “The Bordeaux Bulls”, one of Goya’s works, as well as the entire output of Ramón Acín.
Visits: Tuesday to Saturday: 10-14 h./17-20 h. Sundays and Holidays: 10-14 h. Closed Monday
Price: free
Address: Plaza de la Universidad, 1. 22002 Huesca
Telephone: 974 22 05 86
Fax: 974 22 93 88
Email: museohu@aragob.es
Web: http://www.patrimonioculturaldearagon.es/museos/museo-de-huesca
This contains an interesting sacred art exhibition. The Museum uses a didactic approach in its overall organisation and in the rooms themselves, as well as in the explanatory information for each piece. The works exhibited are distributed between the chapterhouse, the Gothic cloister and the parish church of the Cathedral, where the gold and silverware, Mediaeval Art, Renaissance and Baroque Art halls are installed respectively.
Address: Plaza de la Catedral, 4, 22002 Huesca
Telephone: 974 231 099 . Teléfono Catedral: 974 220 676
Email: patrimonio@diocesisdehuesca.org
Web:www.museo.diocesisdehuesca.org
Visit: WINTER Monday to Saturday from 10,30-13,30 h. Closed Sundays and Free entrance through the Cathedral. SUMMER Monday to Friday from 10:30-14:00 and 16:00-19:30 and saturdays 10:30-14:00 and 15:30-17:30
Price: Individual. 3 €. Groups: minimum 20 people: 1,50 €. Entrance free of charge: under 12 years, priests, nuns/monks and handicapped people. This price includes the entrance to the Cathedral and the Tower
Apart from a museum it is also a laboratory, a documentation centre, an area for reflection, research and study. There are desks, maps, inkwells and globes, material used by teachers and pupils throughout the last century.
Visit: Tuesday to Saturday from 10.00 at 14.00 h and 16.00 h. to 20.00 h. Sunday 10.00 to 14.00 h. Closed Mondays
Price: Entry free of charge.
Guided visits: Request availability by telephone: 974 233 036
Address: Pza. Luis López Allué. 22001- Huesca
Telephone: 974 233 036
Fax: 974 232975
Web:http://www.museopedagogicodearagon.com
E-mail:info@www.museopedagogicodearagon.com