Museos
WHAT TO VISIT
Museums
CiAb (Water Museum)
The Albacete Water Museum, located in La Fiesta del Árbol Park, in the former Water Pumping Station, offers a fascinating interactive experience on the importance of water in the region. The visit includes the Water Museum, the Control Centre, the Water Quality Laboratory and the Water Tower or elevated reservoir, which is the highest reservoir in Spain at 70 metres high, from which you can see the entire city of Albacete and part of the surrounding area. Advance booking is required.
Botanical Garden
The Albacete Botanical Garden is a 7-hectare green space that is home to a wide variety of native and exotic flora. Located next to the university campus, its collection includes more than 800 plant species, distributed across different themed areas such as the Mediterranean forest, the desert zone and the collection of aromatic and medicinal plants. It is an ideal destination for enjoying nature and learning about the region's biodiversity.
Archaeological Museum
The Albacete Museum represents the historical and cultural evolution of the province of Albacete, as an integral part of the historical, artistic and cultural heritage of Castilla-La Mancha, and is a valuable archive for provincial archaeology.
Cutlery Museum
It is the first museum of its kind in Spain and joins three other cutlery museums in the world, alongside those in the cities of Solingeun (Germany) and Thiers (France). United under the Albacete Declaration, in defence of the cutlery sector with the slogan: ‘three cities, three museums, three countries’. Rooms dedicated to the history of the cutlery sector, awards from cutlery competitions organised by the APRECU association (Association of Cutlery and Related Industries), European and international cutlery, a craftsman's workshop, a scissors room, audiovisual areas and various temporary rooms are some of the exhibition spaces that make up the museum. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Children's Museum
It showcases the history of childhood and education and is one of Spain's most important educational museums. It was created in 1987 by primary school teacher Juan Peralta with the aim of collecting information on the history of childhood and education.
Municipal Museum
Located in the former Town Hall until 1986, also known as ‘the Old Town Hall’, this is a large 18th-century mansion that was remodelled in the early 20th century by the architect Martínez Villena. It houses a varied collection of art, history and ethnography from the region, such as the permanent exhibition of the International Museum of Popular Art, the Ramírez de Lucas collection.
