Executive summary by darmansjah
The National Archaelogical Museum is a museum in Madrid, Spain, which is now
open after its renovations. It is located beside the Plaza de Colón (Columbus
Square), sharing its building with the National Library.
The museum was founded in 1867 by a Royal Decree of Isabella
II, and its purpose was to be a depository for numismatic, archaeological,
ethnographical and decorative art collections compiled by the Spanish monarchs.
In 1895 all the collections were moved to the current venue,
a neoclassical building projected by architect Francisco Jareño and built from
1866 to 1892. In 1968 renovation and extension works considerably increased its
area.
In 2008 the museum closed for renovation. The projected
completion date was 2013, but the museum remained closed until April 2014.[ The
remodelled museum concentrates on a core role and releases items from the
decorative arts collection.
The collection includes, among others, Pre-historic,
Egyptian, Celtic, Iberian, Greek and Roman antiquities and medieval
(Visigothic, Muslim and Christian) objects.
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