The Picasso Museum Malaga welcomes its ten millionth visitor

A milestone. The Picasso Museum in Málaga has welcomed its ten millionth visitor. This occurred on Monday, April 28, when a visitor crossed the threshold of the Buenavista Palace, just before a blackout. The visitor was Elke Kunneman, who received a small gift from the art gallery.

She was welcomed by the Artistic Director of MPM, Miguel López-Remiro, who presented her with a memento to commemorate her visit to the Buenavista Palace. Elke Kunneman accepted the honor with surprise and expressed her joy at representing such a special visit.

The Picasso Museum Málaga opened in 2003, fulfilling Pablo Picasso's wish for his work to be present in the city of his birth in 1881. Since its inauguration, which this year marks 22 years, the MPM “has consolidated its international projection while strengthening the Andalusian identity of the artist,” the museum states in a press release sent to the media. Both the current permanent exhibition, Pablo Picasso: Structures of Invention. The Unity of a Work, as well as the temporary exhibitions and the numerous activities held around the exhibitions at the Museum, are aimed towards that dual objective.

About 2,000 people visited the Picasso Museum Málaga on its first day open to the public, in October 2003. Last year it closed with a record high, approaching 800,000 visitors in 2024.