A Guide to Life in Valencia

The Museum of the City of Valencia is currently showing the exhibition “”En el camino”, in which the artist Horacio Silva shapes the impressions that a trip to China gave him.
Horacio Silva has confessed that, at the outset, when they proposed to him this exhibition, he had doubts, a thought that is recognized like one [...]

The Fine Arts Museum is currently showing the exhibition “The birth of a painting from the visible to the invisible
This exhibition, through high-resolution infrared reflectography shows underlying drawings made before applying layers of colour from a select group of artists, Spanish, Italian and Flemish from the XV and XVI. These great painters of the [...]

The Museo de la Ciudad is dedicated to the history of the Valencia area and stands in the Old Quarter.
It houses an archeological collection illustrating the pre-Roman age and the founding of the city, and a part of the municipal art gallery.
The Museo de la Ciudad is a former palace of nobles, currently housing 15th [...]

La Ciudad de la Porcelana
In 1953 Juan, José and Vicente Lladró made their first creations in a Moorish furnace built in their own home in Almàssera (Valencia). Using this technique, they developed their artistic interest while working in a tile and crockery factory. These carefully designed pieces already had a special charm that awakened public [...]

On November 11, 1949 the Reales Atarazanas were declared National Historic-Artistic Monument.
The history of the shipyards goes back many centuries. The King of Aragon, Peter III the Great (1276-1285) in 1284 granted leave to the Consuls of the city to construct a place to build and repair boats and so the Reales Atarazanas, a stunning, [...]

The Museo de Prehistoria y Arqueología can be found in the La Beneficencia Cultural Center, which incorporates various museums and a gallery for temporary exhibitions on a wide variety of subjects.
This cultural centre is also quite close to the IVAM museum. This museum is where you will find the valuable pieces found on archaeological excavations [...]

The Museum of Beautiful Arts of Valencia, also known as the Painting Museum of the Carmen, Provincial Museum of Beautiful Arts, or more recently the Museum San Pío V from the building that hosts it, is one of the most important in the Valencian Community as far as historical paintings go.
It is formed by [...]