Besides the fun in the sun on the beautiful sandy beaches at Alicante, you can complete your holiday vacation with a truly enlightening discovery of a different kind. There may not be many historical sites for your viewing pleasure but you will certainly enjoy the history uncovered in many of the archaeological treasures of this region with its wide range of traditional costume collections and excellent paintings.
Out of the many amazing archeological museum offerings in Alicante, the best has to be MARQ, which is the main archeology museum in Alicante that showcases many interesting pieces.
MARQ – Archeology museum
This museum was established in the year 1932 but in 2002, it took over San Juan provincial hospital. MARQ museum is considered as Alicante’s most distinguished museums with its impressive avant-garde design. Inside, the museum employs modern audiovisual techniques which make viewing of the artifacts and understanding the rich local history so appealing and rewarding. The MARQ museum has been awarded the prestigious European “Museum of the Year” recognition in the year 2004.
In its collection, there are over 80,000 pieces of artifacts that were found in many local archaeological sites. With these wonderful discoveries, you are taken through a thorough journey of Alicante’s history that runs from as far back as the Stone Age to the Iberian and Roman eras before reaching the rustic medieval times. There are loads of high value educational movies in every thematic room prepared for your viewing pleasure.
There are permanent exhibition centers and temporary exhibition pieces at the MARQ museum. The temporary exhibitions are regularly showcased with different themes and offerings. For example, April-October 2011 temporary exhibition is showcasing the amazing Russian Treasures which is a spectacular sight. This exhibition is made possible because of the alliance with Museum of Hermitage; there will be about five hundred pieces of Russian treasures over a few different periods as well as different Russian territories.
This temporary exhibition at Alicante is a great example how important and interesting world renowned archaeological collections can be viewed. Although these pieces are specially preserved in their original environment at the Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg, there is a fine collaboration between the relevant authorities to share the extensive research and results of artifacts from Russia and other neighboring countries.
MARQ museum is located at Doctor Gómez Plaza. Its opening hours are from Tuesdays to Saturdays from 10am to 7pm and Sundays as well as public holidays from 10am to 2pm. It is closed on Mondays. It is only 3 euros for the villa spanien museum entry; however, the cost to MARQ museum, Tossal and Illeta is only 4 euros whereas the charges would be more if individual entries are purchased.
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