The Roman villa at the Carmen Thyssen Museum Malaga now has an opening date

Just as it marks fifteen years since its inauguration, the Carmen Thyssen Museum can now be fully visited, from bottom to top. The art gallery announces the opening date of the archaeological site preserved in its basement, a dive into the daily life of Roman Malaga that will welcome its first visitors starting March 3rd. This Tuesday, February 10th, the museum will start selling the first tickets on the new website set up for this space at a price of 15 euros (including access to the pictorial collection).

After hundreds of years hidden in the underground of the Villalón Palace, this Roman villa from the industrial surroundings of the city is brought back to light. Alongside the first-century house (A.D.), there is a salting factory and a valuable nymph or fountain (Fish Nymphaeum) that retains mural painting remains. Thus, the museum, a refuge for 19th-century Spanish art, will now also display the oldest painting preserved in the city.

The museumization work includes a previous interpretation space, with various analog supports and two 360 videos that operate with a QR code. This leads to a virtual reconstruction of the Fish Nymphaeum and a fish market shop to decode the site.

Tickets

An archaeologically accessible site, with an elevator and ramps, that will only receive visits from groups of 20 people every half hour for conservation reasons, always by prior reservation. The general admission - including the art gallery - will cost 15 euros, 10 euros for a reduced ticket. They will be on sale from this Tuesday at 10 in the morning. As with the museum, on Sundays from 4:00 p.m., access is free.

But there is another way to discover that Roman Malaga. For fewer people (only 10) and at a higher price (20 euros), the Thyssen offers a dive into the ancient Roman city of Malaca with a guided tour and a virtual reality experience using VR glasses that reconstruct this residential and industrial complex in 3D. The first guided tours with virtual reality are scheduled for the following days, at 7:00 p.m.: Wednesdays March 4, 11, and 18 and Wednesdays April 8, 15, 22, and 29.