Ceuta See & Do - Ceuta Museum

Ceuta Museum

This museum occupies one of the former ravelin pavilions built in 1900 by the Military Engineers Squad, according to a project designed by Ceuta's Exempt Command. In 1989, the building's restoration project was approved to set up the museum there, in the same year it obtained a Cultural Heritage declaration.

Its façade is A neoclassical style. The structure is built on two floors over cushioned skirting boards, decorated with pilasters in superimposed order flanking a series of openings. A set-back third floor finishes off this building. The museum occupies the ground and first floors. Part of the building is used for a permanent exhibition of the Archaeological Section, observing the criteria for chronological division into Ancient, Medieval and Modern Times, dealing with a series of important core themes for each period. The facilities are completed by two rooms used for temporary exhibitions.