Archaeological Museum of Granada
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The Archaeological Museum of Granada is an archaeological museum in Granada, Spain. It was established in 1879.{{Cite journal|url=http://www.man.es/man/dam/jcr:dddfef08-17d0-4703-aeb6-5361073eb1b4/man-bol-2017-35-030.pdf|title=El Museo Arqueológico de Granada. Pasado, presente y futuro|page=253|first=Isidro|last=Toro Moyano|journal=Boletín del Museo Arqueológico Nacional|volume=35|year=2017|issn=2341-3409|location=Madrid|publisher=Museo Arqueológico Nacional}}
The museum moved to its current home in the Albayzín district in the 20th century.
It is located at 41, Carrera del Darro in the Castril Palace, dating from the 16th century.
It includes a Renaissance patio. The building's façade was created in 1593.
Collections
It hosts many artefacts from a range of time periods, namely halls dedicated to Paleolithic and hominization process; Neolithic and Eneolithic; Bronze Age; Colonizations and Hispano-Roman peoples; Roman era, Late Roman and Paleo Christian; Hispano-Visigothic and Mozarab archeology; and Western Middle Ages and Hispano-Muslim Archeology.{{Sfn|Toro Moyano|2017|p=261}}
Gallery
File:Leona - Museo Arqueológico y Etnológico de Granada 1.jpg|Iberian Lion of Daragoleja
File:Busto de Ganímedes - Museo Arqueológico y Etnológico de Granada.jpg|Bust of Ganymede
File:Jarro de las liebres - Museo Arqueológico y Etnológico de Granada.jpg|Piece from {{ill|Medina Elvira|es|Zona arqueológica de Medina Elvira}} (c. 10th century)
File:Astrolabio (41288847015).jpg|Astrolabe (15th century)
See also
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Category:1879 establishments in Spain
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