Museums of Alicante

One of the famous and visited museums is the  Municipal Museum of Alicante.It has the 20th Century art collection and municipal granary, prison, artillery storehouse, school of commerce, and was once even a provisional city hall.The nucleus of the collection is composed of works by major artists belonging to the Spanish generation of the fifties: Alfaro, Canogar, Chillida, Mompó, Saura, Tàpies, Zobel and Viola, and also includes a few predecessors of avant-garde art such as Gris, Miró, Picasso, etc.

Other Museum are the Provincial Archeological Museum and Museum of the Bonfires.

Museo Arqueológico Provincial (Provincial Archeological Museum) that is located within the Palace of the Provincial Council and has such a large collection of archeological remains that only a selection of the most significant pieces are actually on display for the public. Of note are the dowries from the Bronze Age, the collection of Iberian and Roman ceramics and the Roman statues and epigraphy. There is also a valuable collection of popular ceramics from the 1 6th to the 1 9th centuries.

Museo de las Hogueras (Museum of the Bonfires) This museum is located inside the Santa Bárbara castle and contains effigies saved from the flames of the popular Las Hogueras festivities of Alicante.