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The Archaeological Museum of Puerto de la Cruz ( es, Museo Arqueológico del Puerto de la Cruz) is a small archaeological museum located in the town of
Puerto de la Cruz Puerto de la Cruz is a city and municipality in the northern part of the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. It was formerly known by its English translation, "Port of the Cross", although now it is known by its Spanish name in all lang ...
(
Tenerife Tenerife (; ; formerly spelled ''Teneriffe'') is the largest and most populous island of the Canary Islands. It is home to 43% of the total population of the archipelago. With a land area of and a population of 978,100 inhabitants as of Janu ...
, Canary Islands,
Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...
). One of the most important local
museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...
s, it offers an archival collection comprising more than 2,600 specimens of the aboriginal
Guanche Guanche may refer to: *Guanches, the indigenous people of the Canary Islands *Guanche language, an extinct Berber language, spoken by the Guanches until the 16th or 17th century *''Conus guanche ''Conus guanche'' is a species of sea snail, a ma ...
culture, and a document collection named after researcher Luis Diego Cuscoy.Fondo museográfico del espacio
The Puerto de la Cruz museum has an enormous collection of aboriginal Guanche ceramics, including the remains of several ancient
Guanche mummies Guanche mummies ( Canarian Spanish: , formerly ; , "embalmed ones"; , "leather-bagged ones") are the intentionally desiccated remains of members of the indigenous Berber Guanche people of the Tenerife. The Guanche mummies were made during the e ...
. It contains several unique pieces native to the island, such as two limpet shells, a finding of Telesforo Bravo, and an anthropomorphic figure or clay
idol Idol or Idols may refer to: Religion and philosophy * Cult image, a neutral term for a man-made object that is worshipped or venerated for the deity, spirit or demon that it embodies or represents * Murti, a point of focus for devotion or medit ...
known as " Guatimac".


Photos

Image:El Guatimac.jpg, Guatimac, Guanche idol figurine. Image:Archaeological Museum of Puerto de la Cruz 04.jpg, Part two limpet shells that enclose small accounts as a jeweler. Image:Archaeological Museum of Puerto de la Cruz 05.jpg, Jars of clay. Image:Archaeological Museum of Puerto de la Cruz 07.jpg, Recreating an aboriginal cave. Image:Archaeological Museum of Puerto de la Cruz 06.jpg, Aboriginal Ceramics.


See also

* Guatimac *
List of museums in Spain This is a list of museums in Spain. According to the Ministry of Culture, there are about 1,500 museums in Spain. Andalusia Province of Almería Province of Cádiz * Casa Pinillos * Casa de la Contaduría * Casa del Terror y lo Fantà ...


References


Museum official website

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Archaeological Museum of Puerto de la Cruz
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