The museum is located in an old fortress built in the sixteenth century. From the sixteenth to the eighteenth century it was a defensive building and prison, later it was used as a lazaretto to shelter seafarers who arrived in the city affected by some infectious disease. The museum as such was inaugurated in 1968. It has been considered a historical-artistic monument since 1949 and since 1994 a Cultural Interest Site.

The museum houses archaeological objects such as: protohistoric ourivaria, megalithism, Bronze Age, castrexa culture, romanization and different aspects of the city. Part of these objects come from the Elviña Hillfort.

O Castelo houses the following dependencies:

  • Library (Casa Botero)
  • Exhibition rooms (ground floor)
  • Exhibition rooms, sacristy, and chapel (upper floor)
  • Casemates (annexes – ground floor)
  • Cistern (annexes)

SCHEDULE:

Winter (September to June):

Tuesday to Saturday from 10.00 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. Sundays and holidays from 10.00 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. (access is not allowed from half an hour before sunset).

It closes on January 1st, Monday and Tuesday of Entroido and on December 24th, 25th and 31st.

Verán (July and August):

Tuesday to Saturday from 10.00 to 21.00 h. Sunday and holidays from 10.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. (access is not allowed from half an hour before sunset).