Museum sights in Santander
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Museo Marítimo del Cantábrico
If seafaring is your thing, visit the maritime museum near the bay beaches. The four floors cover all facets of Cantabria's relationship with the sea, and include an aquarium. The displays range from marine biology to maritime history, which is perhaps the most interesting, dealing, for example, with Portus Victoriae, the Roman port town from which Santander later grew. The 60-tonne whale skeleton is a star attraction.
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Museo Regional de Prehistoria y Arqueología de Cantabria
Under one roof this museum brings together collections of prehistoric finds across the region, including some elements from the Cueva de Altamira. Among the highlights are copies of cave paintings and some Roman stellae, accompanied by interpretations of their texts.
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Museo de Bellas Artes
Santander’s extensive Fine Arts Museum offers an eclectic collection spanning the 16th to 20th centuries. Much of it is secondary Spanish art, though you’ll find the odd curio, such as Goya’s portrait of King Fernando VII.
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Museo de Bellas Artes
Santander's extensive Fine Arts Museum offers an eclectic collection spanning the 16th to 20th centuries. Much of it is secondary Spanish art, though you'll find the odd curio, such as Goya's portrait of King Fernando VII. In an equally portentous building at the same address is the Biblioteca de Menéndez Pelayo, a vast old library that belonged to local intellectual giant Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo (1856–1912), a teacher, philosopher and poet who left the city his precious collection of 41,500 volumes. Next door stands his family home, the Casa Museo de Menéndez Pelayo.
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