{"id":7625,"date":"2025-09-24T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T04:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.fuerte-group.com\/malaga-theatres-museums\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T08:12:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T07:12:03","slug":"malaga-theatres-museums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fuerte-group.com\/en\/malaga-theatres-museums\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaga: a cultural journey through museums and theatres on the Costa del Sol"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inhabited for over 2,000 years by different Mediterranean civilisations, Malaga is today a city that unites modernity and tradition. So, who said that sun and beach tourism is not compatible with culture? This city is one of those places where everyone would like to live, and while it is a destination that is very famous for its beaches and good weather, there are many things that will attract you to this wonderful city (museums, shows, theatres and exhibitions in Malaga). You will have a great time with the city\u2019s many shows, since the so-called \u201cart mile\u201d<\/strong> is right on the coast.<\/p>\n

This comprises one mile of museums in Malaga, theatres and even Soho, the arts neighbourhood, which will delight anyone who comes looking for a fun and very complete cultural experience.<\/strong><\/p>\n

CAC M\u00e1laga<\/h2>\n

\"CAC<\/p>\n

The M\u00e1laga Contemporary Art Centre is located in the old Wholesalers Market. It opened in 2003 and its journey thereafter has been defined by its great versatility and the value it gives to the diffusion of modern art. This centre only houses works from the last third of the 20th century to date, and internationally renowned artists such as Tracey Emin, Anish Kapoor, William Kentridge and the Chapman Brothers have graced its spaces.<\/p>\n

Calle Alemania, S\/N, 29001 M\u00e1laga
\nTel: +34 952 12 00 55
\nWeb: www.cacmalaga.eu
\nGoogle Maps<\/a><\/p>\n

Picasso Museum<\/h2>\n

\"Picasso<\/p>\n

The M\u00e1laga Picasso Museum is one of two art galleries dedicated to this immortal genius in his native city, along with the Picasso Foundation Birthplace Museum. The Picasso Museum is another key element of M\u00e1laga\u2019s cultural offering, as since it opened over 3.5 million visitors have enjoyed its works, such as Still Life With Skull and Three Hedgehogs, Jacqueline Sitting Down With a Cat, Bather<\/em> and Woman With Raised Arms<\/em> that were given by Bernard Picasso and Cristine, the artist\u2019s grandson and daughter-in-law, respectively.<\/p>\n

Palacio de Buenavista, Calle San Agust\u00edn, 8, 29015 M\u00e1laga
\nTel: +34 952 12 76 00
\nWeb: www.museopicassomalaga.org
\nGoogle Maps<\/a><\/p>\n

Picasso Foundation Birthplace Museum<\/h2>\n

\"Picasso<\/p>\n

Located in the house where Picasso was born, the Foundation that bears his name has manged to gather works by 200 different artists<\/strong>. The building also houses the works and personal items of the artist and his family. A specialist library and continuous programme of temporary exhibitions and cultural activities complement the offering of the Picasso Birthplace Museum.<\/p>\n

Plaza de la Merced, 15, 29012 M\u00e1laga
\nTel: +34 951 92 60 60
\nWeb: www.fundacionpicasso.malaga.eu
\nGoogle Maps<\/a><\/p>\n

Carmen Thyssen Museum<\/h2>\n

\"Carmen<\/p>\n

Thanks to its large exhibitions, the M\u00e1laga\u00a0Carmen Thyssen Museum has become one of the city\u2019s top quality cultural spaces. The museum exhibits 285 works that form part of the Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection and provide a tour of 19th<\/sup> century Spanish painting genres, a period chronologically framed between the figures of Goya and Picasso, with a special emphasis on Andalusian painting.<\/p>\n

The exhibition is divided into four sections: Old Masters (Francisco de Zurbar\u00e1n and Jer\u00f3nimo Ezquerra), Romantic landscape and regional traditions (Genaro P\u00e9rez Villaamil and Rafael Benjumea), preciocisity and natural landscape (Mariano Fortuny, Jos\u00e9 Benlliure and S\u00e1nchez Perrier) and turn of the century (Ignacio Zuloaga and Julio Romero de Torres).<\/p>\n

Calle Compa\u00f1\u00eda, 10, 29008 M\u00e1laga
\nTel: +34 902 30 31 31
\nWeb: www.carmenthyssenmalaga.org
\nGoogle Maps<\/a><\/p>\n

F\u00e9lix Revello de Toro Museum<\/h2>\n

\"F\u00e9lix<\/p>\n

The main aim of this art gallery is to make the work of F\u00e9lix Revello de Toro<\/strong> known in his native city. The permanent collection includes 142 works, including oil paintings, sketches and drawings. This museum was conceived as an exhibition space that has the most advanced technology and proposes achieving three goals. In first place and most evidently to permanently exhibit the work of the famous Malagan portrait and figurative painter F\u00e9lix\u00a0Revello de Toro. In second place, to highlight the Pedro de Mena Home Studio, one of the few dwellings that have been conserved in Malaga from that period. And last, but by no means least, to promote the figure of the 17th century visual artist Pedro de Mena by discussing what is known about his work and his life and artistic trajectory.<\/p>\n

Calle Afligidos, 5,29015 M\u00e1laga
\nTel: +34 952 06 20 69
\nWeb: www.museorevellodetoro.net
\nGoogle Maps<\/a><\/p>\n

Automobile Museum<\/h2>\n

\"Automobile<\/p>\n

Amazing collection of over 90 exclusive models, including Jaguar, Aston Martin, Bugatti, Rolls Royce and Porsche, among others, located in the historic Tobacco Factory. It illustrates the aesthetic evolution of the automobile through 10 themed rooms. The museum also houses a fashion section with vintage hats, hatboxes and suitcases of the era. The backgrounds are divided into several collections: Belle Epoque, Art Deco, Dolce Vita, Tuning, English Tradition and Dream Cars. Without doubt a point of reference for lovers of two and four wheels.<\/p>\n

Avda de Sor Teresa Prat, 15, 29003 M\u00e1laga
\nTel: +34 951 13 70 01
\nWeb: www.museoautomovilmalaga.com
\nGoogle Maps<\/a><\/p>\n

Centre Pompidou<\/h2>\n

\"Centre<\/p>\n

The Centre Pompidou M\u00e1laga is the first offshoot of the original outside France and its main aim is to exhibit a tour through 30th<\/sup> and 21st<\/sup> art. All the wealth and changes of this chronological period are reflected through five areas entitled: Metamorphosis, Self Portraits, The Man Without a Face, The Political Body and The Body in Pieces.<\/p>\n

Its rooms house almost 90 select works from the Pompidou Centre collection, one of the two most important collections of the world of modern and contemporary art. As an indication of the importance of the projects, some of the names exhibited are Francis Bacon, Georg Baselitz, Constantin Br\u00e2ncu\u0219i, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Giorgio de Chirico, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, Jean H\u00e9lion, Frida Kahlo, Fernand L\u00e9ger, Ren\u00e9 Magritte, Joan Mir\u00f3, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Antoni T\u00e0pies, Jean Tinguely and Kees Van Dongen.<\/p>\n

Puerto de M\u00e1laga, Pasaje Doctor Carrillo Casaux, s\/n, Muelle 1, 29016 M\u00e1laga
\nTel: +34 951 92 62 00
\nWeb: www.centrepompidou-malaga.eu
\nGoogle Maps<\/a><\/p>\n

Malaga Russian Museum of St Petersburg<\/h2>\n

\"Malaga<\/p>\n

The collection of the Malaga Russian Museum St. Petersburg is located in the Tabacalera building, an emblematic Malagan building that used to be a tobacco factory. The collection comprises a hundred pieces dating from between the 15th and 20th centuries. With 2,300 m2 and 770 linear metres for exhibitions, it also houses an auditorium, children\u2019s workshops, three projection rooms, reading room, a Virtual Museum site and a coffee shop. Given all this, it is no understatement to say that this museum is one of the best in the city.<\/p>\n

Edificio de Tabacalera, Av de Sor Teresa Prat, 15, 29003 M\u00e1laga
\nTel: +34 951 92 61 50
\nWeb: www.coleccionmuseoruso.es
\nGoogle Maps<\/a><\/p>\n

Malaga Interactive Museum of Music<\/h2>\n

\"Malaga<\/p>\n

The MIMMA is an unusual museum, since its purpose is to place the visitor in a continuous dialogue with the exhibition, so visitors will enjoy a very extensive collection of musical instruments brought from all corners of the world and from all eras. An interesting aspect, it has to be said, is that it has a \u201cPlease Do Touch\u201d room, where the visitor is urged to touch all the instruments.<\/p>\n

Calle Beatas, 15, 29008 M\u00e1laga
\nTel: +34 952 21 04 40
\nWeb: www.musicaenaccion.com
\nGoogle Maps<\/a><\/p>\n

Museum Jorge Rando<\/h2>\n

\"Museum<\/p>\n

The Museum Jorge Rando is the only expressionist museum on the Iberian Peninsula. Its purpose focuses on informing of this painter\u2019s work and of the expressionist movement. In addition to a permanent exhibition of this artist\u2019s work, its walls have hosted the work of creators of the stature of Ernst Barlach and K\u00e4the Kollwitz, among others.<\/p>\n

Calle Cruz del Molinillo, 12, 29013 M\u00e1laga
\nTel: +34 952 21 09 91
\nWeb: www.museojorgerando.org
\nGoogle Maps<\/a><\/p>\n

Small museums<\/h2>\n

\"M\u00e1laga<\/p>\n

In addition to the big museums, visitors to M\u00e1laga can also visit smaller, but no less interesting museums. These are the M\u00e1laga Glass and Crystal Museum<\/strong>, one of the most highly valued by visitors, and the M\u00e1laga Wine Museum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

M\u00e1laga Wine Museum<\/strong>
\nPlaza de los Vi\u00f1eros, 1,29008 M\u00e1laga
\nTel: +34 952 22 84 93
\nWeb: www.museovinomalaga.com
\nGoogle Maps<\/a><\/p>\n

M\u00e1laga Glass and Crystal Museum<\/strong>
\nPlazuela Sant\u00edsimo Cristo de la Sangre, 2, 29012 M\u00e1laga
\nTel: +34 952 22 02 71
\nWeb: www.museovidrioycristalmalaga.com
\nGoogle Maps<\/a><\/p>\n

Other museums in the province of M\u00e1laga<\/h2>\n

\"Museo<\/p>\n