| The
Regional
Museum of Archaeology and Prehistory offers an extensive sample of
these discoveries. It is located in the basement of the Diputación
Provincial building.
The
City
Fine Arts Museum contains a portrait of King Ferdinand VII painted
by Francisco Goya. It was originally commissioned by the city. It also
features a collecfion of Goya's Caprichos and Tauromaquia engravings. And
there are works by contemporary artists from Santander.
The
Menéndez
y Pelayo Library holds some 50,000 volumes. Most of the books were
originally part of Menéndez y Pelayo's own collection.
Two
museums of great interest are the Maritime Museum in Santander and
the Museum of Ethnography in Muriedas. |
