CANARIAN MUSEUM
BENITO PÉREZ GALDÓS MUSEUM
This museum is installed in the place where the famous writer Benito Pérez Galdós was born( a 19th century building) and he lived there until he was 19 years old; he was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria the 10th of May of 1843, and he died in Madrid the 4th of January in 1920. He was a novelist, chronicler and Spanish politician. This museum shows the characteristics of the domestic architecture of Triana, one of the main streets in the historical area of the capital city. It was opened to the public in May of 1964 and it is considered as a center for the study of Galdós and his literary production.
Rooms are organized around the recreation of the atmosphere of the family with furniture from Galdós’ houses in Madrid, Santander and Las Palmas; we can find some musical instruments, photographs and even documents written by him.
There are two parts in the museum: the house and a new part where the museum ´ s workers do meetings with schools or people who are interested on knowing more about Galdós than the things that they can see in his house.
CANARIAN MUSEUM
This museum was opened in 1879 and there archeological materials are shown and studied; there is also a library specialized in Canary topics. The main purpose of this museum is to promote the development of the education in the Canary Islands( science, arts …).
At first, the museum only had two collections, but lately the number of things that are shown started improving by archeological discoveries and because people donated some fossils. Few years later, they started focusing just on archeological stuff from Canary Islands, and nowadays it is the most skilled museum of the Canary Islands. The museum is located in Vegueta.