Museo Provincial de Lugo

In order to acquire and defend the belongings of the cultural background of Lugo, in 1932, the Provincial Council of Lugo agreed to create the Provincial Museum of Lugo, a will that materializes years later with the outlet at the Pazo de San Marcos of several rooms with archaeological, historical, creative, etc. Till then dispersed in private collections. The non-stop increase of budget and the constraints of area pressured, in 1957, to switch the museum to the old convent of San Francisco. Keeping three dependencies of this antique monastery, the architect from Vigo D.

Manuel Gomez Roman designs a brand new building with airs of Galician pazo. On March 1, 1962, the Provincial Museum of Lugo was d a Cultural Heritage Site. In 1997 the museum changed into improved, museum is an group that cares for a group of artifacts and other items of artistic, cultural, historic, or clinical significance. Many public museums make those items available for public viewing through famous that can be everlasting or temporary.